Signal Processing “Rock Stars” Seminar Series · 2019-12-18 · Roll Call and Introductions 9/30/2008 IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING SOCIETY Publications Board 13 October 2008 ROLL CALL

9/30/2008

IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING SOCIETY

Publications Board

Agenda of the Meeting

13 October 2008

San Diego, CA

ACTION ITEMS ARE HIGHLIGHTED

* INDICATES AN ATTACHMENT

Item Time Allotted Presenter

1. CALL TO ORDER. 7:00 PM-7:01 PM Liu

* 2. ROLL CALL. 7:01 PM-7:04 PM Liu

3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA. 7:04 PM-7:05 PM Liu

4. REPORT OF THE CHAIR. 7:05 PM-7:10 PM Liu

* 4.A. Missing Issues in Thomson ISI Liu

* 4.B. ICASSP/ICIP Proceedings Citations by Thomson ISI Liu

5. ACTION ITEMS.

* 5.A. Approval of Publications Board Minutes/Actions/Information

Items of the 2 April 2008 Meeting, Las Vegas, NV 7:10 PM-7:11 PM Liu

5.B. Approval of Associate Editor Nominations for the

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing 7:11 PM-7:16 PM Swindlehurst

5.C. Approval of Upcoming Special Issues for the IEEE Journal of

Selected Topics in Signal Processing 7:16 PM-7:21 PM Swindlehurst

* 5.C.1. Special Issue on Managing Complexity in Multiuser

MIMO Systems

* 5.C.2. Special Issue on Compressive Sensing

* 5.C.3. Special Issue on MIMO Radar and its Applications

5.D. Approval of Upcoming Special Issue for the IEEE Transactions

on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing 7:21 PM-7:26 PM Ostendorf

* 5.D.1. Special Issue on Virtual Analog Audio Effects and

Musical Instruments

5.E. Transition to Manuscript Central for the IEEE Journal of Selected

Topics in Signal Processing 7:26 PM-7:31 PM Swindlehurst

* 5.F. Guidelines for Reviewers Update 7:31 PM-7:36 PM van der Veen

5.G. Signal Processing “Rock Stars” Seminar Series 7:36 PM-7:46 PM Ostendorf

5.H. Five Year Review

* 5.H.1. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 7:46 PM-7:56 PM van der Veen

* 5.H.2. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 7:56 PM-8:06 PM Bouman

* 5.H.3. IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Proc. 8:06 PM-8:16 PM Ostendorf

* 5.H.4. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine 8:16 PM-8:26 PM Chang

* 5.H.5. IEEE Signal Processing Letters 8:26 PM-8:36 PM Gershman

* 5.H.6. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security 8:36 PM-8:46 PM Moulin

* 5.H.7. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing 8:46 PM-8:56 PM Swindlehurst

9/30/2008

BREAK 8:56 PM-9:06 PM

6. DISCUSSION ITEMS. 9:06 PM-10:06 PM

Items are discussed as time is available. In the course of discussion, an action may be taken. Items are not

automatically carried over tot the next agenda.

6.A. Policy for Papers that were Screened Out (can they be resubmitted?) Liu/Kowalczyk

6.B. Policy for Rejected Papers that were Resubmitted as New Papers Without Much Revision Liu/Kowalczyk

6.C. Policy for Corrections of Papers Already Posted in Xplore for Both Journal and Conference Papers Liu

* 6.D. Associate Editor Training Update Hemami

6.E. Date of Next Publications Board Meeting-Panel of Editors, Atlanta, GA, 27-28 March 2009 Kowalczyk

7. INFORMATION ITEMS.

It is imperative that written reports be provided. The Publications Board needs to be informed on these activities but no

real-time reporting can be accommodated.

* 7.A. Timeliness Discussion in Joint TAB PSPB Session Kowalczyk

* 7.B. TAB Periodicals Committee Chair’s Report, 21 June 2008 Kowalczyk

* 7.C. TAB Periodicals Committee Chair’s Report, 20 June 2008 Kowalczyk

* 7.D. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine Chang

* 7.E. IEEE Trans on Signal Processing van der Veen

* 7.F. IEEE Trans. on Image Processing Bouman

* 7.G. IEEE Trans. on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing Ostendorf

* 7.H. IEEE Trans. on Information Forensics and Security Moulin

* 7.I. IEEE Signal Processing Letters Gershman

7.J. IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing Swindlehurst

* 7.J.1. Guidelines of J-STSP Editorials Swindlehurst

* 7.K. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia Hemami

* 7.L. IEEE Transaction on Medical Imaging Fessler

* 7.M. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing Plataniotis

7.N. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications Ding

* 7.O. Letter to Subscriber of SDL and MDL Kowalczyk

7.P. Open Access Moura

* 7.Q. Cumulative List of Action/Information Items

8. NEW BUSINESS.

9. OLD BUSINESS.

10. NEXT MEETING.

To Be Determined

11.ADJOURN.

Roll Call and Introductions 9/30/2008


Publications Board 13 October 2008

ROLL CALL (K. J. Ray Liu)

The members of the Publications Board, each having one vote, are listed in alpha order below: Bouman, Charles A. Editor-in-Chief, Trans. Image Processing Chang, Shih-Fu Editor-in-Chief, Signal Processing Magazine Djuric, Petar Vice President-Finance Gershman, Alex B. Editor-in-Chief, Signal Processing Letters Kowalczyk, Mercy SPS Executive Director- non-voting Liu, K.J. Ray Chair Moulin, Pierre Editor-in-Chief, Trans. on Information

Forensics and Security Ostendorf, Mari Editor-in-Chief, Trans. on Audio, Speech,

and Language Processing Petropulu, Athina Conference Board Representative Swindlehurst, A. Lee Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Selected Topics

in Signal Processing van der Veen, Alle-Jan Editor-in-Chief, Trans. on Signal Processing

From: "K.J. Ray Liu" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>, "SP Board of Publications" <[email protected]>, "Nasir Memon" <[email protected]>, "Li Deng" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,

<[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Date: 08/19/2008 05:30 PM Subject: FW: Missing Issues at Thomson

FYI

June issue of T-IFS has been indexed, May issue of SPM is being indexed, and

all of SPL will be done in the next 10 days.

Ray

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K. J. Ray Liu

Professor and Associate Chair, Graduate Studies and Research

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742

http://www.cspl.umd.edu/kjrliu/

Vice President - Publications

IEEE Signal Processing Society

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-----Original Message-----

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]

Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 4:17 PM

To: [email protected]

Cc: K.J. Ray Liu; [email protected]

Subject: Missing Issues at Thomson

Hi Fran:

I wanted to let you know that we believe we have identified all of the

missing issues that Thomson had no receipt for. There were 47 missing

issues, of which we sent all but a few only because they were not yet here

at the IEEE:

Issues not yet in the Shipping Department:

JLT Jul

L-SP all (THIS IS THE ELECTRONIC ONE-sent as a feed)

T-AC June

T-AES Jul

T-Inf Aug

JOE Jan and april

AWPL (THIS IS THE ELECTRONIC ONE-sent as a feed)

The electronic ones are currently being uploaded at Thomson and they expect

to have the missing print issues completed within 10 business days.

We also expect to have a completely electronic feed up and running within

the next six weeks. We will continue to track the print issues until we are

sure the feeds are working properly. We expect to stop the print issues at

the end of 2008.

I believe we have this now under control. We will keep an eye on it.

Nancy

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> To: Athina Petropulu

> Subject: ICIP 2007; ICASSP 2008

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> Dear Athina,

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> Just wanted to let you know that we have received CDROM and full print

> out of ICIP 2007 and ICASSP 2008. We had already received both of

these

> conferences and indexed them for ISIProceedings. This gave me a

chance

> to review the record for both conferences and reconfirm that they have

> been received and indexed.

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> Best,

> Jim

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IEEE Signal Processing Society

List of Motion/Action/Information Items

Publications Board Meeting

2 April 2008

Las Vegas, NV, USA

Members Present:

Voting Members:

K. J. Ray Liu, Vice President-Publications and Chair

Charles A. Bouman, Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing

Shih-Fu Chang, Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine

Petar Djurić, Vice President-Finance

Athina Petropulu, Conference Board Representative, Editor-in-Chief-Elect, IEEE

Transactions on Signal Processing

Alle-Jan van der Veen, Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

Alex B. Gershman, Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Signal Processing Letters

Pierre Moulin, Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and

Security

Mari Ostendorf, Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language

Processing

A. Lee Swindlehurst, Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal

Processing

Ex-Officio Members:

José M. F. Moura (with vote), President

Mercy Kowalczyk (without vote), Executive Director

Staff Present:

Theresa Argiropoulos, SPS Senior Manager, Operations

Debbie Blazek, SPS Administrator, Committees and Governance

Guests Present:

Kostas Plataniotis, Representative, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing Steering

Committee, Editor-in-Chief-Elect, IEEE Signal Processing Letters

Nasir Memon, Representative, IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine, Editor-in-Chief-

Elect, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security

Helen Meng, Editor-in-Chief-Elect, IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and

Language Processing

Ali Sayed, Vice President-Publications-Elect

Li Deng, Editor-in-Chief-Elect, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine

Sheila Hemami, Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia

Zhi Ding, Representative, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Anthony Vetro, Representative, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia

1. Vice President-Publications and Chair, K. J. Ray Liu, called the meeting to

order at 7:05 PM and called the roll. A quorum was present.

2. A. Lee Swindlehurst moved, seconded by Mari Ostendorf, to approve the

agenda as amended. The motion passed unanimously.

The amendment to the agenda was:

Add 4E as Action: Information for Authors-Multimedia Materials

3. Liu welcomed the Editors-in-Chief-Elect and Vice President-Publications-

Elect to the meeting.

4. Liu presented the Board with the Publications 5-Year Strategic Plan, which

outlined tactical issues: improving citation impact factors, ensuring

quality of content, excelling in professionalism, and streamlining

management with accountability.

5. Liu provided the Board with an update on the Review Central beta test

and the IEEE Periodicals, Services and Products Board’s (IEEE PSPB)

decision. He noted that Marc Moonen was notified by Al Hero that the

Society would not go forward with the beta test of Reviewer Central.

6. Shih-Fu Chang moved, seconded by Alle-Jan van der Veen, to approve the

Motions/Action/Information Items of the 17 September 2007 Publications

Board meeting, San Antonio, TX. The motion passed unanimously.

7. Van der Veen moved, seconded by Ostendorf, to approve the page budget

of 5,068 pages for 2009 for the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.

The motion passed unanimously. Vice President-Finance Petar Djuric will

bring forward the 2009 page budget for the IEEE Transactions on Signal

Processing to the Board of Governors for final approval.

8. Bouman moved, seconded by Ostendorf, to approve the page budget of

2,760 pages for 2009 for the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. The

motion passed unanimously. Djuric will bring forward the 2009 page

budget for the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing to the Board of

Governors for final approval.

9. Ostendorf reported that, due to issues with Manuscript Central, she did

not have accurate numbers to calculate a proposed page budget for the

IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing for 2009.

The Publications Board agreed to allow Ostendorf to obtain more accurate

information from the staff publications office and circulate the page

budget number via e-mail. The proposed 2009 page budget for the IEEE

Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing will be

conducted by e-ballot.

10. Gershman moved, seconded by Ostendorf, to approve the page budget of

960 pages for 2009 for the IEEE Signal Processing Letters. The motion

passed unanimously. Djuric will bring forward the 2009 page budget for

the IEEE Signal Processing Letters to the Board of Governors for final

approval.

11. Moulin moved, seconded by Ostendorf, to approve the page budget of

1,050 pages for 2009 for the IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics

and Security. The motion passed unanimously. Djuric will bring forward

the 2009 page budget for the IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics

and Security to the Board of Governors for final approval.

12. Swindlehurst moved, seconded by Ostendorf, to approve the page budget

of 1,200 pages for 2009 for the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal

Processing. The motion passed unanimously. Djuric will bring forward the

2009 page budget for the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal

Processing to the Board of Governors for final approval.

13. Chang moved, seconded by Ostendorf, to approve the page budget of 864

pages for 2009 for the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine. The motion

passed unanimously. Djuric will bring forward the 2009 page budget for

the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine to the Board of Governors for final

approval.

14. Djuric moved, seconded by Ostendorf, to approve six special issues for the

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, as follows: Signal

Processing for Astronomical and Space Research Applications; fMRI

Analysis for Human Brain Mapping; Digital Image Processing Techniques

for Oncology; Visual Media Quality Assessment; DSP Techniques for

RF/Analog Circuit Impairments; and Advanced Signal Processing for GNSS

and Robust Navigation. The motion passed unanimously.

15. Ostendorf moved, seconded by Chang, to approve the Special Issue:

Signal Models and Representations of Music and Environmental Sounds, to

appear in the September 2009 issue of the IEEE Transactions on Audio,

Speech, and Language Processing. The motion passed unanimously.

16. Ostendorf moved, seconded by Moulin, to approve the Special Issue:

Voice Transformation, to appear in the January 2010 issue of the IEEE

Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing. The motion

passed unanimously.

17. Ostendorf moved, seconded by Djuric, to approve the Special Issue:

Processing Morphologically Rich Languages, to appear in the IEEE

Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing. The motion

passed unanimously.

18. Chang reported that the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine editorial

calendar was approved by the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine Editorial

Board. The editorial calendar reflected five special issues for 2008 and

three special issues for 2009. The Executive Director noted that a 3-year

editorial calendar needs to be created to assist with advertising. Moulin

moved, seconded by Ostendorf, to approve the IEEE Signal Processing

Magazine editorial calendar for 2008. The motion passed unanimously.

19. Chang reported that a special issue on Digital Forensics is scheduled for

the March 2009 issue of the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine. The IEEE

Security and Privacy Magazine is simulataneously publishing a special

issue on digital forensics to also appear in March 2009. Chang moved,

seconded by Ostendorf, to approve sending hardopies of the IEEE Signal

Processing Magazine Special Issue on Digital Forensics March 2009 issue

to the IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine subscribers. The motion

passed unanimously.

20. Bouman moved, seconded by van der Veen, that for all IEEE Signal

Processing Society journal publications, the proposed statement listed in

sections 3.1 and 3.2., as amended, shall replace the corresponding

existing statements in the Information for Authors and in the Guide for

Associate Editors as listed in appendixes A.1 and A.2 in the agenda book.

The motion passed unanimously. The Executive Office will implement the

updates to both the Information for Authors and Guide for Associate

Editors.

21. Bouman moved, seconded by van der Veen, that the IEEE Signal

Processing Society Publications Board recommends to the IEEE Signal

Processing Society Board of Governors to adopt a new item 6.1.4

Procedures for Investigation of Author Misconduct in the IEEE Signal

Processing Society’s Policy and Procedures Manual as proposed in Section

3.3 in the agenda book. The motion passed unanimously. The Senior

Manager, Operations, will bring forward the recommendation to the Board

of Governors at their Fall meeting.

22. Mercy Kowalczyk, Executive Director, thanked Bouman and van der Veen

for their hard work in updating the Information for Authors, and especially

for their work on author misconduct policy. The Board showed their

appreciation by acclamation.

23. Chang moved, seconded by Ostendorf, that when authors plagiarize work

published by the Society, whether in its periodicals or conference

publications, the Society volunteer leader who is the nominal “publisher”

of the periodical or conference publication will contact the publisher of the

offending paper to request an investigation of the offense in a specified

period. If the publisher of the offending paper does not undertake an

investigation, or does not respond timely to the request, then the relevant

society leader will undertake an investigation on behalf of the Society and

will recommend a sanction to the Society’s publication board, if

appropriate. In any event, the Society may take action, and also report

the outcome of the Society’s decision to IEEE for the sanctioned author

list. The motion passed unanimously.

24. Van der Veen moved, seconded by Ostendorf, to add the paragraph

entitled, “Multimedia Materials” noted in the agenda book, to the

Information for Authors. The motion passed unanimously. The Executive

Office will update the Information for Authors document.

25. Gershman moved, seconded by Ostendorf, to approve changes, as

amended, to the Information for Authors regarding e-publication of the

IEEE Signal Processing Letters. The motion passed unanimously.

26. Gershman moved, seconded by Ostendorf, to approve the

changes/additions to the EDICS of the IEEE Signal Processing Letters.

The motion passed unanimously.

27. The Publications Board discussed verbage that should be included in the

Ethical Guidelines for reviewers and many ideas were brought forth. Liu

requested that a committee be formed to create the ethical guidelines for

reviewers. The committee will comprise: van der Veen (Chair), Sheila

Hemami, Ostendorf, and Bouman.

28. The Publications Board discussed the need to provide associate editor

training because of the important role the associate editors play in

bringing the Society’s journals to the world. Some ideas that were

discussed were: to appoint more senior associate editors; provide

associate editor training during the ICASSP/ICIP Conferences; use role-

playing and other situational exercises. The Publications Board agreed to

create an on-line training tutorial for associate editors that are appointed

throughout the year. Liu empaneled a working group that will provide the

content for the on-line training tutorial, comprising: Hemami (Chair), Liu,

Swindlehurst, and Athina Petropulu.

29. Kowalczyk reported on the Society’s 5-Year Publication Review and noted

that there is a new form with essay questions. Feedback from prior

reviews by the Review Committee was (a) the Editors-in-Chief must

complete the review form; and (b) attendance by the Editors-in-Chief at

the review is highly desired. The 5-year Publications Review is scheduled

for February 2009 in Puerto Rico. Travel support will be provided to the

Vice President and Editors-in-Chief to attend the review meeting. The

Board discussed the review timeline and noted that the deadline to receive

the initial draft reports from the Editors-in-Chief is 30 June 2008 and the

final draft reports will be due 31 August and will be reviewed at the next

Publications Board meeting at ICIP in San Diego, CA.

30. José Moura described Open Access as a product of electronic publishing

and noted two types of Open Access which are: Green Open Access,

which is described as archives/repository (papers not reviewed) and Gold

Open Access, which is described as journals giving free access to their

papers. The IEEE has no policy on open access, just a position.

31. Van der Veen will collect the issues the Associate Editors are having with

Manuscript Central V4.0 and will communicate the issues to IEEE

Publications Managing Director, Fran Zappulla.

32. Ostendorf will create a Wiki to post questions and answers regarding

Manuscript Central V4.0 for Associate Editors.

33. The IEEE Signal Processing Society Representatives and Editors-in-Chief

delivered status reports on their journals.

34. The Publications Board discussed moving the IEEE Journal of Selected

Topics in Signal Processing to Manuscript Central V4.0. Discussion

centered on Manuscript Central V4.0 not being able to handle special

issues and what might be done. Liu requested that a committee be

formed to look at the problems Manuscript Central V4.0 is having with

special issues. The committee comprises: Swindlehurst, Chang, and Li

Deng.

35. Ostendorf reported on a public relations idea called Signal Processing

“Rock Stars” Seminar Series, which would be a series of speakers

providing lecturers at various universities around the world. The lectures

would be broadcast via webcast and could be put on Xplore. The speakers

would be mostly from industry and the lecturers would focus on a

freshman/sophomore level. The Publications Board conducted a straw poll

to see if there was support for the proposed “Rock Star” seminar series.

The straw poll was positive. Ostendorf was requested to provide a full

business proposal and financial model to the Executive Committee at their

next meeting in October 2008. Ostendorf, Hemami, and Petropulu will

work with Kowalczyk to prepare a budget for the “Rock Stars” Seminar

Series.

36. Moulin reported that he will transmit a proposal via e-mail for a special

issue to appear in 2009 for the IEEE Transactions on Information

Forensics and Security.

37. Hemami will visit the Operations Center in Piscataway, NJ on 21 April

2008.

38. An Editor-in-Chief Orientation is scheduled to take place at the Operations

Center in Piscataway, NJ in November 2008 before the TAB Series.

39. Zhi Ding reported on the status of the IEEE Transactions on Wireless

Communications and noted that there is currently a 1.5-year queue. The

Publications Board requested the Executive Director to convey the

Society’s wish to flush the queue of the IEEE Transactions on Wireless

Communications and willingness to meet 25% of any expense related to

this queue release.

40. The next Publications Board meeting will be held in October 2008 in San

Diego, CA, in conjunction with ICIP.

41. The meeting adjourned without objection at 12:05 AM.

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Mari Ostendorf Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Trans. Audio, Speech and Language Processing Department of Electrical Engineering University of Washington Box 352500 Seattle, WA 98194-2500 [email protected]

Aug. 11, 2008 Dear Mari Ostendorf, We are submitting a revised proposal for a special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing. The topic of the special issue will be “virtual analog audio effects and musical instruments.” Virtual analog signal processing is a hot topic in audio nowadays. It is essentially part of a major trend that has been going on for a few decades and that is now accelerating: the digitalization of analog instruments and systems used in music studios, broadcasting, and concerts. This implies the replacement of all electronic devices by software components, which must be implemented using digital signal processing methods. Typical examples are guitar amplifier models and virtual analog music synthesizers. We have seen that many papers related to this topic have been published recently in audio conferences, but only a few papers have appeared in journals. For example, we have counted that about 10% of papers published in DAFx conferences (International Conference on Digital Audio Effects) have been related to this topic. To make sure that this special issue will get sufficiently many submissions, we also invite papers on virtual musical instruments. For example physical modeling techniques are currently used for simulating musical instruments. It is an older and more active research topic than virtual analog modeling. With this special issue we hope to attract researchers in this area to submit papers to the IEEE Trans. ASL and, in general, to improve the visibility of the IEEE among these researchers. Please see attached documents for further details. We hope you agree that a special issue on this topic would be interesting and important to a sufficiently large audience. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Sincerely, Vesa Välimäki, Federico Fontana, Julius O. Smith, and Udo Zölzer Appendices: • Revised proposal for a Special Issue • Short bios of Guest Editors • Draft of Call for Papers

Special issue proposal: Virtual Analog Audio Effects … Vesa Välimäki, Aug. 11, 2008

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Revised Proposal for a Special Issue on Virtual Analog Audio Effects and Musical Instruments for IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing Vesa Välimäki, Federico Fontana, Julius O. Smith, and Udo Zölzer The topic of this special issue is related to the digitalization of electronic, electromechanical, and electromagnetic audio systems used in music. In the same special issue, we also invite papers on virtual musical instruments, which is a closely related topic. There is a need to replace electronic devices with software to reduce the amount of physical devices, connections, and error sources. At the same time, as analog components and circuitries which resulted from unique design concepts inevitably age, there is a need to replace the disappearing old technology with virtual analog versions of the original systems. Typical example applications of virtual analog signal processing are guitar amplifier models and virtual analog synthesizers. Numerous commercial products employing virtual analog modeling have been introduced during the last ten years. Nevertheless, there are only a few scientific journal publications related to this technology, but the research in the area is clearly becoming more active all the time. However, these publications only rarely appear in IEEE journals. Modeling of analog electronics obviously suits very well to the profile of the IEEE and in particularly to the IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, which has its roots in audio and electroacoustics. With this special issue we hope to attract researchers in this area to submit papers to this journal and, in general, to improve the visibility of the IEEE among these researchers. The research area of virtual analog audio signal processing contains various subtopics. Virtual amplifiers and loudspeakers simulate the linear and nonlinear response of traditional analog electronics used for example in tube amplifiers, such as those used by electric guitar, bass and electric organ players. It is possible to predict a virtual guitar amplifier, in which the user could change the device’s component values or circuit connections and hear in real time the resulting change in the amplifier’s tone. In virtual analog synthesis, famous electronic music synthesizers of the 1960s or 1970s are simulated with digital signal processing. This topic includes investigation of oscillators and filters used in analog music synthesizers. There are also many others analog filters that are now being replaced by a digital implementation, such as the cross-over filters in loudspeakers or equalizing filters in audio systems. Software implementations of analog effects boxes are yet another popular application area. Some analog effects devices, such as phasers, have their own characteristic timbre. It may be caused by nonlinear behavior of the analog filters used, for example. The digital implementation must imitate the response of such a nonlinear device faithfully to reproduce a sufficiently similar timbre. There are also various electromechanical effects, such as those used for artificial reverberation many years ago. Plate and spring reverberators and tape-based echo units were once common, but they have now been replaced with digital reverbs. However, there is a constant need to imitate the nostalgic sounds of old recordings, and, for this reason, simulations of electromechanic reverberation devices are now implemented. A related topic is to simulate electromechanical and electromagnetic musical instruments, which are becoming expensive and difficult to purchase, because they are not manufactured anymore. There are software implementations of some instruments, which have their own, well known timbre, such as the Fender Rhodes electric piano and the Hammond B-3 electric organ. In addition, we can think of several other challenging topics related to the reproduction or imitation of sounds from the past. Modeling of old microphones, guitar pickups, and magnetic heads of open-reel tape machines are some areas of interest. The reproduction of C cassettes or other tape recordings using a DSP-


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based audio system calls for a digital implementation of the noise reduction system used. The Dolby B and C versions and the dbx were common before digital sound recording. Audio antiquing refers to the process of making a music recording sound old. It is analogous to the antiquing of furniture in which wear and ageing are imitated by mechanical fabricating of brand-new tables and chairs. In early 1990s, the CD replaced the vinyl LP as the main sound storage medium in the Western World. Nevertheless, the turntable then became a musical instrument, which is used by DJs and turntablists for scratching, i.e., moving LPs back and forth on turntables while adjusting the sound levels using a mixer. In 2000, virtual scratching systems were first introduced. They simulate the scratching of LPs by modifying music files in real time according to gesture control. For realistic simulation, the resonances of the tone arm and the physical behavior of the needle must modeled, in addition to the flawless resampling of the audio signal. There are research problems in this area that belong to the theme of this special issue. Nonlinear and time-varying systems are involved in many topics of virtual analog audio signal processing. Some of these systems are particularly challenging for digital simulations. Therefore, we see a need for methodological research that considers, for example, how to apply wave digital filters and other modeling techniques to the simulation of nonlinear continuous-time systems. We also predict that innovative software and hardware systems may be introduced in this special issue. The main observation that leads us to think that this special issue could be successful is that there have been several papers related to this topic in recent DAFx conferences. The DAFx (International Conference on Digital Audio Effects) is an annual conference, which gathers researchers from academia and industry to discuss current issues in sound and music processing. We have counted that in the last three years (2006-2008), about 10% of all papers (about 50-70 papers per year) have been related to virtual analog modeling. The next edition of DAFx, taking place in September 2008, hence appears to be a suitable forum where to announce this special issue. Additionally, at the same time a few related papers have appeared in other conferences and in some journals, such as in Computer Music Journal and in the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. The authors of these papers are not always the same, so there appears to be many researchers in several research groups and companies working in this area. Similarly, there is a need to simulate acoustic musical instruments and to replace them with software in music production. There are methodological similarities between this topic and virtual analog modeling. In fact, it is sometimes stated that virtual analog modeling is a parallel approach to physical modeling, where computational simulations are developed for acoustic systems: in virtual analog modeling, computational simulations of electronic systems are devised. When we announce that virtual musical instruments are included in this special issue, we expect to receive submissions related to model-based synthesis of musical instrument sounds, such as stringed, keyboard, wind, and percussion instruments. This will be the first special issue related to virtual analog modeling. However, two special issues have been published recently that include papers on physical modeling of musical instruments. This shows that physical modeling is an active research area. We expect to receive more than 25 submissions for our special issue.


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Proposed Schedule: First announcement: 1 September 2008 (at the DAFx-08 conference, 1-4 September, 2008) Submission deadline: 15 March 2009 Notification of acceptance: 15 August 2009 Final manuscript due: 15 October 2009 Tentative publication date: 15 February 2010 (March 2010 issue) Guest Editors: Vesa Välimäki (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland), [email protected] Federico Fontana (University of Verona, Italy), [email protected] Julius O. Smith (Stanford University, USA), [email protected] Udo Zölzer (Helmut Schmidt University, Germany), [email protected]


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Short Bios of Guest Editors

Vesa Välimäki • Senior Member, IEEE; Member of the IEEE Signal Processing Society • Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Speech, Audio and Language Processing • Guest Editor, special issue of the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine on “signal processing for sound

synthesis” (March 2007 issue) • Guest Editor, special issue of the EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing on “model-based

sound synthesis” (July 2004 issue) Current Work Address: TKK - Helsinki University of Technology Faculty of Electronics, Communications and Automation Department of Signal Processing and Acoustics P.O. Box 3000, FI-02015 TKK, Espoo, Finland Email: [email protected] Homepage: http://www.acoustics.hut.fi/~vpv/ Education • Doctor of Science degree in Technology, TKK, Finland, 1995 • Licentiate of Science degree in Technology, TKK, Finland, 1994 • Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, TKK, Finland, 1992 Professional Experience 2007-Present Professor (tenure), TKK, Finland 2002-2007 Professor (5-year term), TKK, Finland 2001-2002 Professor (tenure), Tampere University of Technology, Pori, Finland 1998-2001 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Academy of Finland 1996 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Westminster, London, UK Selected Publications • V. Välimäki, S. González, O. Kimmelma, and J. Parviainen, “Digital audio antiquing—Signal

processing methods for imitating the sound quality of historical recordings,” Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 115–139, March 2008.

• G. Widmer, D. Rocchesso, V. Välimäki, C. Erkut, F. Gouyon, D. Pressnitzer, H. Penttinen, P. Polotti, and G. Volpe, “Sound and music computing: Research trends and some key issues,” Journal of New Music Research, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 169–184, Sept. 2007.

• V. Välimäki and A. Huovilainen, “Antialiasing oscillators in subtractive synthesis,” IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 116–125, March 2007.

• J. Rauhala, H.-M. Lehtonen, and V. Välimäki, “Toward next-generation digital keyboard instruments,” IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 12–20, March 2007.

• L. Peltola, C. Erkut, P. R. Cook, and V. Välimäki, “Synthesis of hand clapping sounds,” IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 1021–1029, Mar. 2007.

• V. Välimäki and A. Huovilainen, “Oscillator and filter algorithms for virtual analog synthesis,” Computer Music Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 19–31, Summer 2006.

• V. Välimäki, J. Pakarinen, C. Erkut, and M. Karjalainen, “Discrete-time modelling of musical instruments,” Reports on Progress in Physics, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 1–78, Jan. 2006.

• V. Välimäki, “Discrete-time synthesis of the sawtooth waveform with reduced aliasing,” IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 214–217, March 2005.


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Federico Fontana Current Work Address: University of Verona Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences Department of Computer Science 15 Strada le Grazie, Verona 37134 - Italy Tel. +39 045 802 7032 Fax: +39 045 802 7068 Email: [email protected] Homepage: http://www.di.univr.it/~fontana/ Education • Ph.D. In Computer Science, University of Verona, Italy, 2003 • “Laurea” degree in Electronic Engineering, University of Padova, Italy, 1996 Professional Experience 2005-present Assistant Professor, University of Verona Faculty of Sciences 2001 Visiting researcher to TKK, Finland 1999-2000 Independent R&D Consultant to real-time audio system simulation 1998 Research Fellow, University of Padova, Italy 1996-1997 Acoustics & Vibration Engineer, Electrolux Espana – Barcelona (Spain) Selected Publications • F. Fontana and F. Avanzini. “Computation of Delay-Free Nonlinear Digital Filter Networks.

Application to Chaotic Circuits and Intracellular Signal Transduction,” IEEE Trans. Signal Processing, 2008. In press.

• M. Civolani and F. Fontana, “A Nonlinear Digital Model of the EMS VCS3 Voltage Controlled Filter”. In Proc. of the 11th Int. Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-08), Espoo, Finland, September 1-4, 2008. Accepted for publication.

• F. Fontana, “Preserving the structure of the Moog VCF in the digital domain.” In Proc. Int. Computer Music Conf., Copenhagen, Denmark, 27–31 Aug. 2007.

• D. Rocchesso and F. Fontana, editors. The Sounding Object. Edizioni di Mondo Estremo, Florence, Italy, 2003.

• F. Fontana and M. Bricchi. “Process for noise reduction, particularly for audio systems, device and computer program product therefore,” US Patent US2003004591, Jan. 2003.

• F. Fontana. “Computation of linear filter networks containing delay-free loops, with an application to the waveguide mesh,” IEEE Trans. Speech and Audio Processing, 11(6), pp. 774–782, 2003.

• B. Bank, F. Avanzini, G. Borin, G. D. Poli, F. Fontana, and D. Rocchesso, “Physically informed signal processing methods for piano sound synthesis: a research overview,” EURASIP J. Applied Signal Processing, no. 10, pp. 941–952, 2003. Special issue on Digital Audio for Multimedia Communications.

• F. Fontana and M. Karjalainen, “A digital bandpass/bandstop complementary equalization filter with independent tuning characteristics,” IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 10, pp. 88–91, Apr. 2003.

• F. Fontana and D. Rocchesso, “Signal-theoretic characterization of waveguide mesh geometries for models of two-dimensional wave propagation in elastic media,” IEEE Trans. Speech and Audio Processing, vol. 9, pp. 152–161, Feb. 2001.


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Julius O. Smith Current Work Address: Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) Music Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 Email: [email protected] Homepage: http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/ Education • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Spring 1983, Stanford University • M.S./E.E., Statistical Signal Processing, Spring 1978, Stanford University • B.S./E.E., Control Communications and Circuits, Spring 1975, Rice University Professional Experience 2004-present Professor of Music and Associate Professor (by courtesy) of Electrical Engineering 1994-2004 Associate Professor of Music and (by courtesy) Electrical Engineering Selected Publications • D. T. Yeh, J. S. Abel, A. Vladimirescu, and J. O. Smith, “Numerical Methods for Simulation of Guitar

Distortion Circuits,” Computer Music Journal, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 23-42, Summer 2008. • D. Yeh and J. O. Smith, ``Discretization of the '59 Fender Bassman tone stack'', in Proceedings of the

Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-06), Montreal, Canada, Sept. 2006, http://www.dafx.de/ . • D. T. Yeh, J. Nolting, and J. O. Smith, ``Physical and behavioral circuit modeling of the SP-12

sampler'', in Proceedings of the 2007 International Computer Music Conference, Aug. 27-31, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007, http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~dtyeh/papers/yeh07_icmc_sp12.pdf.

• D. Yeh, J. S. Abel, and J. O. Smith, ``Simplified, physically informed models of distortion and overdrive guitar effects pedals'', in Proceedings of the Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-07), Bordeaux, France, pp. 189-196, Sept. 10-15 2007, http: //www.dafx.de/ .

• J. O. Smith, Mathematics of the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT), with Audio Applications, Second Edition, http: //ccrma .stanford.edu/~jos/mdft/, Apr. 2007, online book.

• J. O. Smith, Introduction to Digital Filters with Audio Applications, http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/ filters/, Sept. 2007, online book.

• J. O. Smith, Physical Audio Signal Processing, http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/pasp/, Aug. 2007, online book.

• J. O. Smith, Spectral Audio Signal Processing, http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/sasp/, Mar. 2007, online book.


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Udo Zölzer Current Work Address Helmut Schmidt University/ University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg Faculty of Electrical Engineering Holstenhofweg 85, 22043 Hamburg, Germany Tel : +49-40-6541-2761 Fax: +49-40-6541-3083 Email: [email protected] Homepage: http://www.hsu-hh.de/ant/ Education • Habilitation in Communication Engineering, University of Technology Hamburg-Harburg, 1997 • Dr.-Ing., University of Technology Hamburg-Harburg, 1989 • Diplom-Ingenieur, University of Paderborn, 1985 Professional Experience 1999-Present Professor for Signal Processing and Communications, HSU Hamburg, Germany 1989-1999 Chief Engineer, Institute for Telecommunications, University of Technology Hamburg-

Harburg, Germany 1985-1988 R&D Engineer, Lawo GmbH, Rastatt, Germany Selected Publications • U. Zölzer: Digital Audio Signal Processing, 2nd Edition, J. Wiley & Sons, Chichester 2008. • M. Holters, U. Zölzer: “Delay-free Lossy Audio Coding Using Shelving Pre- and Post-filters”, Proc.

IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2008), Las Vegas, March 2008.

• F.X. Nsabimana, U. Zölzer: “Transients Encoding of Audio Signals Using Dyadic Approximations”, Proc. Int. Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx), Bordeaux, September 2007.

• C. R. Helmrich, M. Holters, U. Zölzer: “Improved Psychoacoustic Noise Shaping for Requantization of High-Resolution Digital Audio”. 31th AES Conference, London, June 2007.

• V. Verfaille, U. Zölzer, D. Arfib: “Adaptive digital audio effects (a-DAFx): a new class of sound transformations”, IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, Volume 14, No. 5, pp. 1817-1831, Sept. 2006.

• M. Holters, U. Zölzer: “Parametric Recursive Higher-Order Shelving Filters”, 120th AES Convention, Preprint No 6722, Paris, May 2006.

• M. Holters, U. Zölzer: “Graphic Equalizer Design Using Higher-Order Recursive Filters”, Proc. Int. Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx), Montreal, September 2006.

• M. Holters, J. Peissig, F. Keiler, U. Zölzer: “Compander Systems with Adaptive Preemphasis/Deemphasis using Linear Prediction”, IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems, Athens, November 2005.

• F. Keiler, U. Zölzer: “Parametric Second- and Fourth-Order Shelving Filters for Audio Applications”, Proc. of IEEE 6th Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, Siena, Italy, September 29 - October 1, 2004.

• S. Möller, M. Gromowski, U. Zölzer: “A Measurement Technique for Highly Nonlinear Transfer Functions”, Proc. Int. Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx), pp. 203-206, Hamburg, 2002.

• U. Zölzer (Ed.): DAFX - Digital Audio Effects, J. Wiley & Sons, Chichester 2002.


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DRAFT OF CALL FOR PAPERS

Special Issue on Virtual Analog Audio Effects and Musical Instruments for the IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing This is a call for papers for a special issue on Virtual Analog Audio Effects and Musical Instruments to be published in 2010 in the IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing. The topic of this special issue is related to the recent trend of digitalization of electronic, electromechanical, electromagnetic, and acoustic systems used in music. There is a need to replace electronic devices used in music technology by software components, which are implemented using digital signal processing methods. The motivation may be to reduce the number of physical devices and connections or error sources, or to imitate the nostalgic sounds of the past, although the old equipment is unavailable. Typical applications of virtual analog audio signal processing are guitar amplifier models and virtual analog music synthesizers. Similarly, a need exists to simulate acoustic musical instruments and replace them with software. We invite papers describing various aspects of virtual analog signal processing and virtual musical instruments. Submissions must not have been previously published, with the exception that substantial extensions of conference papers will be considered. Specific topics of interest include: • Modeling of amplifiers and loudspeakers, such as tube-amplifiers for the electric guitar • Emulation of analog electronic filters, e.g., tone stacks and analog resonant filters • Virtual analog oscillators for subtractive synthesis, including alias-free oscillator algorithms • Simulation of analog audio effects, such as delay, echo, phasing, flanging, chorus, and enhancement • Modeling of historical reverberation methods, such as plate, spring, and tape-based echo units • Simulation of electromechanical musical instruments and devices, e.g., the Leslie speaker • Modeling of microphones, guitar pickups, and magnetic heads • Digital simulation of analog noise-reduction systems and codecs, especially for tape recording and

reproduction, e.g., Dolby B/C and DBX • Audio antiquing: simulation of the sound quality of analog recordings, such as a vinyl LP disk • Virtual scratching and other signal processing techniques for DJs • Physical modeling of musical instruments, e.g., guitars, keyboard instruments, or drums • Methodology for virtual analog and acoustic systems, such as wave digital filters and modeling

techniques for nonlinear continuous-time systems • Parameter estimation and perceptual issues • Innovative software and hardware implementations

Schedule: Submission deadline: 15 March 2009 Notification of acceptance: 15 August 2009 Final manuscript due: 15 October 2009 Tentative publication date: 15 February 2010 (March 2010 issue) Guest Editors: Vesa Välimäki (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland), [email protected] Federico Fontana (University of Verona, Italy), [email protected] Julius O. Smith (Stanford University, USA), [email protected] Udo Zölzer (Helmut Schmidt University, Germany), [email protected]

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TAB PERIODICALS COMMITTEE

SOCIETY/COUNCIL PUBLICATIONS REVIEW REPORT

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PART 1 – PERIODICALS REVIEW PROCEDURE

The Charter of the TAB Periodicals Committee states that the Committee has oversight responsibility for all Society/

Council (S/C) Periodicals. Specifically, the IEEE TAB Periodicals Committee is charged with:

• Ensuring the Timeliness and Quality of TAB publications

• Assessing proposals for new publications and making recommendations to TAB

• Resolving conflicts between S/C on issues of publications

• Informing TAB on new developments in the area of publications

• Assessing and recommending to TAB annual charges for publications

To carry out its responsibilities to TAB, and in particular to address the issues of timeliness and quality, the Periodicals

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The objectives of the Review are to:

• Examine timeliness and quality

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The Review should be seen as a positive vehicle to ensure that all the IEEE publications continue to maintain the highest of

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Final report is submitted to the IEEE TAB Periodicals Committee, for ultimate final submission to TAB,

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PART 2 – SCOPE OF REVIEW

(Completed by review committee)

The Committee met with the following S/C representatives to review the S/C’s publications:

(Name – Title)

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The following publications were reviewed:

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Please list EIC Information below for the last five years

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3. Describe how the S/C is meeting demands for application related material:

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TRANSACTION(S)


A. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING

1. 1. Date of first issue –(1954) (under several different names reflecting name changes of the

Society)

2. Frequency of publication – regularly twelve (12) issues per year; in recent years up to three

additional overflow issues per year

3. Is subscription to this periodical included in the Society membership fee? No

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The scope of the IEEE Transaction on Signal Processing mirrors the scope of the Society‘s Field of

Interest:

The theory and application of filtering, coding, transmitting, estimating, detecting, analyzing,

recognizing, synthesizing, recording, and reproducing signals by digital or analog devices or

techniques. The term signal includes: audio, video, speech, image, communication, geophysical,

sonar, radar, medical, musical, and other signals.

The theory and means for achieving these and related aims, along with the environmental,

psychological, and physiological factors of these technologies are the scope in overview of the

IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, the IEEE Signal Processing Letters, and IEEE Signal Processing

Magazine. Portions are addressed more specifically in the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing,

the IEEE Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing, and the IEEE Transactions on

Information Forensics and Security.

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Signal processing is a foundational technology; consequently it is present in virtually all electrical

and electronics applications. It is, therefore, inevitable that signal processing-related manuscripts

appear across a broad selection of other IEEE transactions, journals, and magazines. This is

considered inadvertent overlap. However, only the publications of the IEEE Signal Processing

Society are devoted to the science and research of signal processing in a targeted way.

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Steering Committee, or Periodical Advisory Committee, in overseeing operation of the Transactions and in

establishing and administering publication policies and procedures.

The hierarchy of management is as follows:

a. Editorial Board (comprising: Associate Editors who select the reviewers and ―manage‖ the

review of each manuscript. The Editorial Board is chaired by the Editor-in-Chief.)

b. Editor-in-Chief (responsible for: chairing the Editorial Board; assuring compliance with Society

and IEEE policy; serves as a member of the Society‘s Publications Board)

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c. Publications Board (all Editors-in-Chief are members of this body which provides oversight for all

of the Society‘s publications; establishes procedures for management of the publications;

approves special issues; approved EDICS; recommends page budgets; suggest new

publications; etc. The Publications Board is chaired by the Vice President-Publications.)

d. Vice President-Publications (chairs the Publications Board; serves on the Society‘s Executive

Committee and Board of Governors; appoints, with the advice and consent of the Executive

Committee, new Editors-in-Chief; carries forward to the EXCOM and the Board for action

relevant recommendations from the Publications Board.)

e. Executive Committee (provides financial oversight for all publications and publications-related

matters; vets nominations for new Editors-in-Chief; acts for the Board of Governors between

meetings; has the ability to act for any Board-related committees between meetings; carries

forward to the Board of Governors items related to publications policy.)

f. Board of Governors (Has full responsibility for the creation/adoption of policy, including policy

relevant to the Society‘s publications; has responsibility for approval of Society budget.)

g. Staff (The Society employs three staff who, under the supervision of a Publications Manager,

and guided by the Executive Director, move manuscripts through the Manuscript Central

system. These four staff (three Administrative Assistants and Publications Manager) also

maintain databases and policy and procedural documents; provide support to the Vice

President-Publications and the Editors-in-Chief; support the meeting of the Publications Board;

manage page budgets and other budgets.)

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industrial, and so forth) of the group of Associate Editors (for example, the Transaction’s Editorial Board or

Committee).

Society Bylaw 603.5. Editorial Board. Each of the publications of the Society shall be guided by an

Editorial Board which shall be chaired by the Editor-in-Chief. The Society's Executive Director shall

serve ex-officio, without vote.

It shall be the responsibility of the Editorial Board to insure that the publication maintains the highest

quality while adhering to the publication rules and procedures of both the Society and the IEEE.

At present (Aug 2008), the editorial board of the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing consists of

60 members. Of these, 55 (91%) are from academia and 5 (8%) are from industry or research

laboratories. The table below compares the board membership of the journal with the

demographics of the Society membership.

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Society Bylaw 603.2. Editor-in-Chief Nomination Procedures.

i. Nomination. The Vice President-Publications shall solicit, from the retiring Editor-in-Chief, the

Editorial Board of the Journal, the relevant Technical Committee(s), and from the Publications

Board, nominations for the Editor-in-Chief for the succeeding term. Such solicitation shall occur

no later than one year prior to the conclusion of the current Editor-in-Chief‘s term. The Vice

Region Number

of AEs

% AEs %

Membership Regions 1-6 (USA) 17 28% 47%

Region 7 (Canada) 4 6% 3%

Region 8 (Europe/Africa) 31 51% 26%

Region 9 (Central/South

America)

1 1% 2%

Region 10 (Asia/Pacific) 7 11% 19%

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President-Publications shall also consider nominations submitted by other volunteers of the

Society, as well as self-nominations.

Nominations for the Editor-in-Chief shall be restricted to individuals who have previously served

as associate editor on an IEEE publication, and who are members in good standing of IEEE and

of the Society. It is strongly recommended that a slate of at least two names be brought

forward for each position coming vacant.

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individual who has received a nomination, a written assurance of willingness and ability

to serve if elected.

Individuals who agree to be nominated shall be required to provide a brief biography and a

statement of candidacy. These shall be circulated to the Executive Committee by the Vice

President-Publications, via e-mail, at least two weeks before the meeting at which the slate of

names will be discussed.

The Executive Committee will review the candidates biographies and statements of candidacy

and shall provide to the Vice President-Publications, at the meeting, their endorsement of the

preferred candidate, along with any additional comments. Should the Executive Committee

not endorse any of the nominees, the Vice President-Publications shall provide at least two

new nominations within one month of the meeting. An e-mail ballot of the Executive

Committee shall then be conducted by the Executive Director and the results reported within

15 days.

Upon endorsement of a nominee by the Executive Committee, the Editor-in-Chief will then be

appointed by the Vice President-Publications. The Vice President-Publications will notify all

candidates of the final decision. Once the candidates have been notified, the Vice President-

Publications will notify the Publications Board and the SPS Publications Office on the outcome

of the appointment process

The term of the EIC is 3 years, nonrenewable.

A new EIC is trained, informally, by the previous EIC, and if necessary also follows an orientation by

the Society leadership. Most new EICs visit the SPS Office in Piscataway where they meet with the

editorial and production staff. An informal ―Guide for EICs‖ is available which also lists certain

editorial policies.

4. Describe the process for Associate Editor selection and training, and terms/term limits.

603.4 Associate Editor. Associate Editors for the publications shall be appointed by the Editors-in-

Chief and, formally, shall have terms of no more than three years. During their formal terms,

associate editors shall be voting members of the Editorial Board for the publication to which they

were appointed. It shall be understood that, regardless of the formal term of service, Associate

Editors shall serve until their workload has been completed; however, voting membership on the

Editorial Board shall be for the formal term only. Associate Editors may serve more than one term;

however, such terms shall not be consecutive.

The Editor-in-Chief shall also have the right to terminate the terms of Associate Editors. Appeals

by Associate Editors of such action by the Editor-in-Chief shall be to the Signal Processing Society

Vice President-Publications, who shall have final authority in the matter.

The role of the Associate Editor is to manage manuscripts through the peer review process, as

specifically stated in the Society's Guide for Associate Editors, and to contribute, as a member of

the Editorial Board, to maintaining the health and quality of the publication.

Even if the formal term is three years, over the past years most AEs were appointed initially for two

years, with a one-time renewal of one year for those that perform well.

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In the selection of Associate Editors, the Editor-in-Chief seeks advice from the IEEE Signal Processing

Society Technical Committees. The Editor-in-Chief may also extend direct invitations to

distinguished researchers. Members of the editorial board are generally expected to have

sufficient years from PhD and a sufficient publication record (in numbers and apparent impact).

For members from academia, they are usually expected to be tenured faculty. Selection is also

based on experience and timeliness as a reviewer, as judged from Manuscript Central statistics.

Training of new AEs is done via a ―Guide for AEs‖ which was created in 1997 and last updated in

2003. This document also lists common problems that occur in Manuscript Central (unfortunately

the previous version of it). Further familiarization with editorial policies is done via regular emails

and annual meetings of the editorial board.

D. QUALITY

Describe handling of papers from submission to publication. Include a thorough description of the paper peer

review process. (For example, who reviews the first submission? How are papers distributed for review? To how

many reviewers is each paper sent? Is there a summary review prepared by the editor? How many reviews are

needed, at the minimum, to reach a decision? How are special issues handled, particularly with regard to Guest

Editors?). Please also comment on the policy (if any) or practice for “Administrative Rejects” (that is, return of

manuscripts without review).

The process is documented, step-by-step, in the Society‘s Guide for Associate Editors.

IEEE TSP uses a single blind review, i.e. the reviewer knows the author‘s name.

After first submission, a manuscript is verified by the SPS managing editor on a few basic criteria

such as its length and formatting. Publications cited in the manuscript that are not generally

accessible are requested from the authors. It is then distributed to the next available AE based on

the EDICS as indicated by the author. The EIC does not systematically look at manuscripts at this

stage due to the high submission rates (over 100 new submissions/month).

When assigned a paper, the AE makes a first judgement on quality: if a paper is obviously poor

regarding novelty or presentation, or if it is out of scope, he contacts the EIC. The EIC will verify the

findings and, if necessary, consults with a second AE. If the findings are confirmed, the paper is

rejected without reviews and the author is informed with a motivation. Currently about 8% of

papers are rejected in this way. One other possibility for immediate reject is if it is detected that

the paper has already been submitted and rejected twice before—it is our policy not to review

such papers again. This detection is now done systematically by the SPS managing editor.

The AE aims for at least 3 reviews of sufficiently high quality and detail. A minimum of 2 reviews

is possible for a decision (as permitted by IEEE), but the aim is for three, and the two reviews should

not contradict. In rare cases with a shortage of reviews and if he feels competent, the AE may

write a review by himself, this is mentioned to the authors.

The AE makes decisions on the paper and communicates with the authors; there is no summary

review and the EIC is not involved in the decision except in rare cases.

With the start of IEEE JSTSP in 2006, this Transactions does not have special issues anymore. (There

have been three special issues in 2004/2005.)

E. TIMELINESS

Is every issue of this periodical mailed on or before the cover date? If not, comment on the reason, and provide a

corrective action plan.

Yes, each issue of the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, for the entire review period, was

mailed on or before the cover date. Typically papers appear on IEEE Xplore ahead of time; we are

in a transition where galley proofs will be prepared immediately after receipt of final materials, and

these will be posted on Xplore as ―future issues‖.

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This table is a status report (a “slice in time”) of all submitted papers for the past 5 years, as of the current time

in year 5. Account for all papers in the year of submission. For example, the number you insert in row 4 for

year 3, is the total number of papers submitted in year 3 that have been published in years 3, 4, and 5. The

Rejection Rate for year 5 cannot be computed since all the Reviews will not be complete.

(One intent in collecting this information is to establish a culture of “best practice”; it is therefore strongly suggested

that Societies establish mechanisms for regularly collecting such data)

As of August 26, 2008 5 4 3 2 1

Row NUMBER OF PAPERS: 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004

Note: Rows 3a-3f account for each paper’s fate based on its year of submission

1 Papers submitted 879 1231 1195 1134 1058

2 Papers returned by EIC for scope reasons, obvious poor

quality, etc.

75 106 75 2 0

3 Papers to be peer reviewed (row 1 less row 2) 804 1125 1120 1132 1058

3a Papers from Row 3 eventually rejected 233 595 612 612 544

3b Papers from Row 3 in review process 428 70 6

0 0

3c Papers from Row 3 being revised by authors 64 13 1 0 0

3d Other papers from Row 3 (explain in comments below) 38 77 71 89 70

3e Papers from Row 3 queued for publication 11 34 0 0 0

3f Papers from Row 3 eventually published (if a paper is published in a subsequent year, list in year of submittal where it is counted in Row 3)

30 336 428 431 444

4 Total: Rows 3a –3f, should equal Row 3 804 1125 1093 1132 1058

5 PERCENTAGE REJECTED via Peer Review

To compute this, divide “Row 3a” by “Row 3”

N/A 53% 55% 54% 51%

6a Average number of months from Author Submission to First Decision (use date when author is notified).

2.6 3.3 3.1 3.7 3.7

6b Average number of months from Author Submission to Final Decision (use date when author is notified).

2.5 4.8 5.2 6.0 6.3

7

Average number of months from Author Submission to Publication Date. Simply compute an average (for the issues in a given column year, even for a partial current year) of the difference between the issue cover date and the “Manuscript received” date printed in the footnote of every paper in print.

15.1 17.9 19.5 19.7 20.0

Row 3d: papers withdrawn by author

NOTE: in our opinion, row 5 gives a poor estimate of the rejection ratio, due to the high number

of immediate rejects and withdrawn papers; also in more recent years not all papers have yet a

final decision hence this number cannot be used to closely monitor journal status. A better

estimate is to compare the total number of ‗accept‘ decisions to the total number of final

decisions over a given period (we monitor this from month to month). This acceptance ratio can

be directly used to predict the number of accepted papers from the total number of submitted

papers. It is as follows: Number of accept decisions in given year 249 412 467 479 362

Number of reject decisions 427 724 739 564 552

Total number of decisions 676 1136 1206 1043 914

ACCEPTANCE ratio 37% 36% 39% 45% 40%

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Geographical distribution of authors (percentage of total) of published papers in the

year of publication (not year of submission). Use current location of author as shown

in the Biography. Count all authors of a paper (a set of authors may represent more

than one region).

As of August 26, 2008 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004

Region of author affiliation % % % % %

Regions 1 – 6 (U.S.A.) 36 33 37 35 38

Region 7 (Canada) 5 6 6 8 8

Region 8 (Europe/Africa) 40 42 33 37 31

Region 9 (Central/South America) 2 2 2 1 2

Region 10 (Asia/Pacific) 17 17 22 19 21

F. COMPETITOR PUBLICATIONS

List ALL the competitor publications, including those of the IEEE, other learned societies, and commercial

publishers. Briefly compare the scope and status of the five most important of these.

The IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing is without peer in terms of the quality of the papers it

publishes. It is highly regarded as the reference of choice for researchers seeking to read about

solid results and influential advances over the wide spectrum of signal processing. Although it is

regarded as the number 1 in the field, in recent years several competing journals have renewed

themselves and attracted highly regarded EICs. The main competers here are EURASIP Journal on

Advances in Signal Processing (Hindawi), and Signal Processing (Elsevier). Competition within IEEE

is low—in fact our submission rates are so high that we have started to more closely watch our

scope and regularly transfer papers to other more fitting IEEE journals.

EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing (previously ―Applied‖ signal processing)

(Hindawi)

Scope: JASP focuses both on the applied and on the theoretical aspects of Signal Processing.

Application areas include (but are not limited to): communications, networking, sensors and

actuators, radar and sonar, medical imaging, biomedical applications, remote sensing, consumer

electronics, computer vision, pattern recognition, robotics, fiber optic sensing/transducers,

industrial automation, transportation, stock market and financial analysis, seismography, avionics

Comments: The scope duplicates that of IEEE TSP. It is an active competitor. Significant differences

are that it focuses mainly on special issues, and that It publishes using Open Access. Special issues

receive good visibility due to printed announcements by EURASIP (everyone that attends one of

their conferences will receive it; also the announcements are attached to the pdf of downloaded

articles). It is regarded as a decent alternative for many authors, in particular if the topic of a

special issue fits well. Attractive features are a good author submission experience (also at the

galley proof correction stage—e.g. every change from the original manuscript is clearly marked),

and a fast review cycle. Disadvantages are a low impact factor and relatively poor visibility of the

published paper—electronic-only and not contained in Xplore. Note that the current and future

SPS Vice-President for Publications were EIC of this journal after they were EIC of an SPS journal.

Signal Processing (Elsevier)

Scope: Signal Processing incorporates all aspects of the theory and practice of signal processing

(analogue and digital). It features original research work, tutorial and review articles, and accounts

of practical developments. It is intended for a rapid dissemination of knowledge and experience

to engineers and scientists working in the research, development or practical application of signal

processing.

Subject areas covered by the journal include: Signal Theory; Stochastic Processes; Detection and

Estimation; Spectral Analysis; Filtering; Signal Processing Systems; Software Developments; Image

Processing; Pattern Recognition; Optical Signal Processing; Digital Signal Processing; Multi-

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dimensional Signal Processing; Communication Signal Processing; Biomedical Signal Processing;

Geophysical and Astrophysical Signal Processing; Earth Resources Signal Processing; Acoustic and

Vibration Signal Processing; Data Processing; Remote Sensing; Signal Processing Technology;

Speech Processing; Radar Signal Processing; Sonar Signal Processing; Industrial Applications; New

Applications.

Comments: For regular paper submission, Signal Processing is the most highly regarded of the

other journals of interest. The journal also publishes special issues (about 4/year). Its range is

topically broad and even overlaps with the scopes of the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing

and the IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing. However, its subscription price is high

(3500 USD institutional), which makes it less accessible to most individuals. Its primary advantage in

the past was that submission-to-publication times were lower than IEEE Transactions on Signal

Processing. It tends to draw more of its submissions from European authors, as opposed to those

who are based in the US or elsewhere.

A recent feature that may attract interest and boost its impact factor significantly is the

publication of ―review articles‖ of tutorial nature.

Papers are included in Science Direct, which does not have the same visibility as Xplore. The

maximum paper length is 30 pages (like for TSP) but there are no page charges. The announced

time from submission to first decision (3 months) and acceptance rate (36%) Is the same as that for

TSP.

Electronics Letters (IET)

Scope: Electronics Letters embraces the entire field of modern electronics, including electronic

science and engineering, telecommunications, optoelectronics and optical communication. It is

widely recognized as being the leading journal in its field for the rapid publication of short

international research papers at the cutting edge of electronics technology and is highly cited.

Some 1,500 peer-reviewed articles are published each year, with the aid of an international panel

of over 6,000 referees selected from leading workers in their respective fields.

Comments: This publication attracts concise, very brief papers across a broad slice of electronics

engineering. It is a successful, rapid publication vehicle but does not provide publishing

opportunities for full-length manuscripts. While it is highly regarded for its quality, it is of low interest

in comparison with the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. It would tend to be of more interest

to individuals who are attracted to the IEEE Signal Processing Letters.

Digital Signal Processing (Elsevier)

Scope: Digital Signal Processing illuminates and explores the path of creativity in the field of signal

processing. The journal publishes a diverse content of original research articles and reviews,

covering new technologies, significant new programs, and breakthroughs in the field. Each article

is critically peer-reviewed, ensuring top-quality research and information. Comments: This journal started life as a tutorial-format publication but then began publishing

research papers as well. Its scope overlaps that of the IEEE SPS journals (including image

processing and audio). It is a small journal (1/6th of TSP) and publishes 6 issues/year. Its subscription

fee is relatively cheap (USD 500), Its low circulation has kept awareness fairly low within the

scientific community. Attractive features for authors are the absence of a page limit, also there

are no page charges.

Eurasip J. Wireless Communications and Networking (Hindawi)

Scope: The overall aim of the EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

(EURASIP JWCN) is to bring together science and applications of wireless communications and

networking technologies with emphasis on signal processing techniques and tools. It is directed at

both practicing engineers and academic researchers. EURASIP Journal on Wireless

Communications and Networking will highlight the continued growth and new challenges in

wireless technology, for both application development and basic research. Papers should

emphasize original results relating to the theory and/or applications of wireless communications

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and networking. Review articles, especially those emphasizing multidisciplinary views of

communications and networking, are also welcome.

Comments: This is a new journal that started in 2004. Its scope overlaps partly with that of IEEE TSP.

Its editorial board has many familiar names. It publishes mostly special issues, also the guest editors

have familiar names. This and the fact that it publishes review articles may quickly boost its impact

factor.

ITE Radar, Sonar and Navigation (IET)

Scope: IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation covers the theory and practice of systems involving the

processing of signals for radar, radiolocation, radionavigation and surveillance purposes.

Examples of the fields of application include:

radar, sonar, electronic warfare, avionic and navigation systems. Processing directed towards the

above application areas includes advances in waveform design, adaptive array and

superresolution methods, tracking algorithms, synthetic aperture, and target recognition

techniques.

Comments: The scope overlaps partly with that of IEEE TSP, but perhaps more with IEEE AES. In fact

IEEE TSP does not receive many radar/sonar papers. It is contained in Xplore until 2006. It publishes

relatively few articles (6 issues/year), and its impact factor is low (about 0.4, the current number is

not available due to a name change).

Widely-accepted measures exist for comparing periodicals with respect to the “impact” they have on the field.

For each of the five competitor publications listed above, list the circulation, Impact Factor, Citation Half-Life,

Immediacy Index, and number of articles/pages published per year. This information (for most publications in

the field) was provided to the EIC for this Review, but may also be obtained from IEEE staff (because it is a

commercial product, the information is not readily available electronically). Definitions of these measures are as

follows:

Impact factor: Average number of citations of articles over a two-year period divided by the

number of articles published in the journal in the same period.

Citation Half-Life: The number of journal publication years going back from the current year

which account for 50% of the total citation received by the journal during the current year.

Immediacy Index: The proportion of citations that refer to articles appearing within the most

immediate past period (year?)

TITLE ART. CITES IMPACT IMMED HL

IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 518 10009 1.640 0.208 7.1

Electronic Letters 912 14105 1.009 0.170 8.4

Digital Signal Processing 76 805 0.853 0.276 8.2

Signal Processing 248 2630 0.737 0.169 8.6

EURASIP Journal/Advances Signal Processing 274 751 0.619 0.142 3.1

EURASIP J. Wireless Comm. Networks N/A

G. FINANCIAL AND SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION

IEEE- Society Title & # Signal Processing – 01 Name/s of Pubs. Transaction on Signal Processing

ITEM 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008B 2009B

Pages/Year 3,392 3546 4851 4954 5950 5300 5068

(actual)

Issues/Year 12 13 14 12 12 12 12

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Subscribers Regular Member – Print 3411 0 0 0 0 0 0

Student Member – Print 237 0 0 0 0 0 0

Affiliate Member – Print 11 0 0 0 0 0 0

Retired Member - Print 45 0 0 0 0 0 0

Other Member - Print 213 0 0 0 0 0 0

Regular Member - Elec 647 668 694 748 768 766 750

Student Member - Elec 58 67 82 102 74 0 0

Affiliate Member - Elec 2 1 2 1 2 2 1

Retired Member - Elec 4 7 9 11 16 18 15

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Regular Member - Combo 0 2948 2631 2304 1961 1853 1900

Student Member - Combo 0 186 153 145 147 149 55

Affiliate Member - Combo 0 10 10 10 6 6 11

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Regular Member - General Interest Elec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Student Member - General Interest Elec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Affiliate Member - General Interest Elec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Retired Member - General Interest Elec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Individual Non-member - Print 583 475 399 229 291 245 200

Subscription Rates Regular/Affiliate Member - Print 36 0 0 0 0 0 0

Student Member - Print 26 0 0 0 0 0 0


Regular/Affiliate Member - Elec 18 19 22 23 23 25 26



Regular/Affiliate Member - General Interest Elec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



Regular/Affiliate Member - Combo 0 38 43 46 46 50 52


Other Member - Combo 0 19 22 23 23 25 26 Regular/Affiliate Member - General Interest Combo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0




Income S/C Fees Hard Copy 133.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0

S/C Fees Micro Fiche 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

S/C Electronic 12.9 13.4 16.0 18.2 18.6 21.2 21.0

S/C Package (Print & Electronic) 0.0 118.9 120.6 113.1 98.3 102.9 105.4

Subscriptions - NM Individual 530.1 498.1 456.7 444.1 399.9 410.4 375.0

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Subscriptions - NM Shanghai 0.0 0.0 0.0 58.3 58.6 55.7 44.1 Subscriptions- Corporate & Library Single Article 0.0 2.5 3.3 2.0 2.7 2.1 0.0

Subscriptions - APP/IEL/MDL 530.2 555.8 586.2 724.9 926.2 662.8 736.4

Subscriptions - BEL 0.0 (0.1) 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0

IEL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Airfreight Charges Billed to Members 4.8 1.3 7.7 3.0 4.5 3.0 4.9

Voluntary Page Charges 17.5 18.7 22.8 14.2 15.4 14.2 15.4

Overlength Page Charges 120.6 175.1 205.9 313.4 225.4 313.4 225.4

Reprints S/C 0.0 3.1 5.8 2.5 2.0 2.5 2.0

Miscellaneous 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Total Income 1,351.7 1,386.8 1,425.0 1,693.8 1,751.7 1,588.1 1,529.5

2nd Class Edit - US 10.0 9.1 7.8 7.3 7.7 6.9 5.5

2nd Class Edit - Non US 76.3 70.7 96.0 75.5 104.1 73.9 79.5

Freight & Other 2.0 1.9 1.8 2.4 3.3 2.2 2.4

Air Freight 3.7 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.4 1.8 1.8

Text Paper 35.5 39.4 49.1 42.4 46.2 39.7 34.4

Press Work Printing 45.5 49.2 61.9 48.6 55.4 48.5 44.1

Binding 5.9 5.8 5.9 4.8 5.0 4.8 4.0

Mailing - Prt Ed 9.6 9.2 8.0 7.8 8.1 7.8 6.4

Total Printing Expenses 188.5 187.5 232.6 190.7 232.2 185.7 178.1

Bad Debt Allowance 0.1 (1.5) (0.8) 4.4 (4.4) 4.5 (4.6)

Copyright Filing Fees 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.2

Manuscript Central 14.8 14.7 14.6 16.0 13.1 16.3 13.5

Author's Alterations 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Camera Work - Print Set Up 19.4 21.8 27.4 25.4 19.6 27.2 17.2

Editorial Reimbursed Expenses 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Composition 50.6 44.5 48.9 50.7 55.0 55.3 47.8

Express Carriers 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0

Reprinting-Prt Ed(Color Graphics Recovery) (2.8) (5.1) (17.3) (2.5) (4.1) (2.5) (4.1)

Pursvc - Overlength Page Charges 10.0 7.0 7.7 8.9 9.0 8.9 9.0

Pursvc - Voluntary Page Charges 3.8 6.1 5.6 3.7 4.3 3.7 4.3

Pursvc-Editorial 206.1 205.5 251.0 247.8 327.3 333.9 330.7

Pursvc-Indexing 3.3 3.4 4.2 4.1 6.0 3.3 2.9

Pursvc-Composition Color 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.8 0.5 1.8

Pursvc-Composition 2.2 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Pursvc-Composition Electronic 2.9 1.4 3.8 5.7 5.2 8.9 8.5

Pursvc-Pub Admin 21.8 23.0 30.6 31.3 35.0 35.2 34.9

Pursvc- Authoring Tools 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.7 4.7 5.0

Pursvc-Subscription Handling 6.0 6.0 4.8 3.2 3.0 3.4 4.1

Pursvc-Reprints 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Pursvc-Manuscript Central 7.9 6.4 3.6 6.7 3.7 2.7 2.8

Pursvc-Manuscript Central ADMIN 0.0 0.0 4.2 0.0 0.0 2.3 2.3

Total Creation Expenses 348.3 335.1 388.3 407.9 477.3 508.7 476.2

Pursvc-XPLORE 0.0 9.6 9.6 8.7 5.0 5.6 7.4

Total Electronic Expenses 0.0 9.6 9.6 8.7 5.0 5.6 7.4

Commission- Shanghai 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.7 5.9 8.4 6.6

Pursvc-Other 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4

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Misc Expense 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Total Other Expenses 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.7 6.2 8.4 7.0

Rmb Services-other (5.5) (3.8) (2.8) (2.6) 0.0 (2.7) 0.0

Total Reimbursed Services (5.5) (3.8) (2.8) (2.6) 0.0 (2.7) 0.0

Total Expense/PurSvc/ReimbSvc 531.3 528.4 627.7 613.4 720.7 705.6 668.7

Total Net 820.4 858.4 797.3 1,080.4 1,031.0 882.6 860.8

H. FINANCIAL AND SUBSCRIPTION DISCUSSION

1. Comment on any financial anomalies.

2. Comment on any subscription anomalies.

I. COMPLIANCE WITH IEEE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

The EIC shall have in his/her possession a current copy of the appropriate IEEE manuals regarding policies and

procedures for publications. The EIC shall have read and be familiar with all sections of the above documents

concerning publications. Please visit the following site for such documents:

http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/home/index.html

Comment regarding compliance with the above requirement, and compliance with the individual publication

related policies of each document. Describe action plans to come into compliance if in default.

The Society complies with all IEEE policies and procedures; this compliance is reinforced by the

fact that production of the Society‘s publications is accomplished in-house. The Society has

rigorous standards which do not collide with those established by IEEE. For example, the Society

requires three independent reviewers for its regular submissions. The Society‘s Publications

guideline documents reside on the Society‘s web site and are accessible to all.

J. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PREVIOUS PUBLICATIONS REVIEW

If applicable, list the date of the last IEEE TAB Periodicals review, and include a summary of recommendations

made at that time. Describe how each recommendation was met.

Reviewed in 2004.

Comment:

We recommend that the Society incorporate a level of approval for Associate Editor

appointments; this could be at the level of the Publications Board. The intent is to build in a

system of checks and balances, as well as provide an additional ―set of eyes‖ to oversee this

very important appointment process, rather than leave it in the hands of a single person.

Response by the EIC.

Since 2oo4, all new appointments are vetted by the Publication Board.

Comment:

Special Issue Guest Editors essentially take the role of an Associate Editor. This means that the

Guest Editor (even in cases when there is more than one for an issue) is burdened with

(sometimes) up to 50 submissions to process (through the review process). This is in direct

violation of the Society‘s stated review process guidelines. The face-to-face review revealed

that the Society does not see a problem in this, but the Committee disagrees. We therefore

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recommend that this problem be studied and solutions considered, such as having the Guest

Editor use the AE base (as would the EIC) to lighten the load and assure quality in the review

process.

Response by the EIC

With the start of IEEE JSTSP, the Transactions on Signal Processing does not publish special

issues anymore.

Comment:

We recommend that the Society make a serious effort to involve the EIC in final stages of this

report and periodical review process. This is particularly important relative to the issue of

timeliness, as the EIC plays a critical role in making sure the periodical is produced in a timely

fashion. While problems of timeliness are not as severe for this periodical (compared to others

in the Society), the sample issue we had (late 2003) revealed that the average paper took

more than 20 months from submission to print, and (on average) was in the print queue almost

10 months. Therefore, as part of this recommendation, we encourage further concerted effort

by the Society toward reducing these publication times, which apparently arise not only in the

print queue (wherein page budgets and other issues come into play), but primarily in the

review process.

Response by the EIC

The draft version of this report was prepared by the Editor-in-Chief.

The EIC has been active in monitoring and reducing the time-to-first decision (about 3 months, with

fewer than 20--30 papers older than 5 months on a total of 500 ‘active’ papers). The SPS has used

its financial reserves to print several queue relief issues in several years, which has helped to reduce

the time from acceptance to publication. A complication in achieving this was the rapid growth in

the number of submissions as compared to 2003, which initially could not be balanced by

reducing the acceptance rate.

K. NOTABLE FEATURES

Please complete the information below regarding IEEE Xplore usage in terms of total “hits” for this periodical,

indicating the month through which statistics apply for the current year.

2008 (Jan-Jul)

2007 2006 2005 2004

# Xplore “hits” 457968 1033437 934902 1045406 931633

Describe notable features of the Transactions, such as special issues, ties to conferences, and so forth.

L. FUTURE PLANS

Describe future plans for the Transactions.

Exploit the possibilities of Manuscript Central to handle final materials for Production.

Further stimulate the inclusion of multimedia material, data sets and algorithm source code

attached to the published manuscript in Xplore—this will enable ―reproducible research‖.

Investigation of the feasibility of electronic-only publishing; this will further decrease the time

to publication.

Further reduction of the acceptance rate; this is to maintain quality and reduce the

number of printed pages to a more reasonable level

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Expansion of the editorial board to 80 or more; this may require a deputy-EIC.

M. SELF ASSESSMENT

This section provides an opportunity for self-assessment of the Transactions. Please compose a narrative to

reflect your S/C viewpoints on the Transactions; in so doing, cite specific examples of strengths and weaknesses.

In your self-assessment, please list the Impact Factor, Citation Half-Life, and Immediacy Index for this

Transactions (see also Section F above) and comment on the position of this Transactions in the latest Citation

Index.

Rank JCI 2007 (category Electrical and Electronic Engineering—227 journals)

9 Total Articles 518

14 Total Cites 10009

51 Immediacy Index 0.208

44 Impact Factor 1.640

73 Cited Half Life 7.1

The IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing continues in stellar fashion among the publications of

IEEE and of the technical community. Its scope is the entire breadth of signal processing, including

communications, multimedia, and biomedical technology. The JCI scores remain strong (the

impact factor has grown from 1.2 in 2002 to 1.6 in 2007). While some journals of interest may score

higher, they do not have the breadth of scope nor the sheer numbers of manuscripts provided in

TSP. The partnership between volunteers and staff for management of the publication keep it on

track and on time. The Society is extremely proud of this Transactions and all who are associated

with it.

The journal has grown from 2600 pages in 2003 to 6000 pages in 2007 and 5700 pages in 2008—the

target for 2009 is 5070 pages. The high production in recent years is partly due to a reduction of the

queue (time between acceptance and print) from 10 months in 2003 to 6 months in 2008 and a

target of 4 months per 1 Jan 2009—including 3 months for production and mailing.

Weaknesses/Risks

This journal is now very large and there is very little opportunity for page budget growth. Further,

the continually growing community of authors and reviewers makes efficient management of peer

review a continual struggle and creates several risks. (The same remarks were made in 2003;

meanwhile the underlying numbers have grown by 50% or more.) The number of Associate Editors

(currently 60) should probably significantly grow, while even maintaining the current number is a

challenge. Tools for efficient monitoring of the review process are absent. The EIC handles more

tasks than is reasonable for a volunteer position. The assignment of papers to Associate Editors by a

non-specialist based on matching EDICS is suboptimal.

The journal detects about 15 cases of duplicate submission per year as well as one case of

plagiarism per year. Carefully phrased definitions and strict sanctions are in place to warn the

authors (see Information for Authors). It is recommended to have automated tools for detection

included in Manuscript Central.

N. REVIEW COMMITTEE REMARKS REGARDING THE TRANSACTIONS.

(to be completed by the IEEE TAB Periodicals Review Committee after the review meeting)

O. REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE TRANSACTIONS.


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MAGAZINE(S) (Completed by S/C; please give responses in 10-pt, non-bold Times New Roman font)

A. IEEE (TITLE)

1. Date of first issue – (Date)

2. Frequency of publication – ( X ) issues per year

3. Is subscription to this periodical included in the Society membership fee?

B. SCOPE OF MAGAZINE

Please provide the formal scope of this Magazine, as archived when the periodical was established.


1. Describe oversight process by Editorial Board, AdCom, or other.



Committee).the membership and function of the Editorial Board.

3. Describe the process for Editor-in-Chief (EIC) selection, training, and terms/term limits.

4. Describe the process for Associate Editor selection, training, and terms/term limits.

5. Describe the flow of papers and the paper review process. Include in this description the process for special

issues, and how Guest Editors become part of the process.

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D. TIMELINESS

Is every issue of this Magazine mailed on or before the cover date? If not, comment on the reason, and provide a


This table is a status report (a “slice in time”) of all submitted papers for the past five years, as of the current

time in year 5. It is meant to include information on technical papers that undergo the review process; please do

not count columns or departments that undergo Editor review only. Account for all papers in the year of

submission. For example, the number you insert in row 4 for year 3, is the total number of papers submitted in

year 3 that have been published in years 3, 4, and 5. The Rejection Rate for year 5 cannot be computed since all

the Reviews will not be complete.



5 4 3 2 1



1 Papers submitted


quality, etc.

3 Papers to be peer reviewed (row 1 less row 2)

3a Papers from Row 3 eventually rejected

3b Papers from Row 3 in review process

3c Papers from Row 3 being revised by authors

3d Other papers from Row 3 (explain in comments below)

3e Papers from Row 3 queued for publication


4 Total: Rows 3a –3f, should equal Row 3



N/A



7

Average number of months from Author Submission to

Publication Date. Simply compute an average (for the issues in

a given column year, even for a partial current year) of the

difference between the issue cover date and the “Manuscript

received” date printed in the footnote of every paper in print.




than one region).

2008 2007 2006 2005 2004


Regions 1 – 6 (U.S.A.)

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Region 7 (Canada)

Region 8 (Europe/Africa)

Region 9 (Central/South America)

Region 10 (Asia/Pacific)

COMMENTS:

E. COMPETITOR PUBLICATIONS

List the competitor publications and compare the scope and status of each.

F. FINANCIAL AND SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION

(Spreadsheet inserted by TAB Finance Staff)

G. FINANCIAL AND SUBSCRIPTION DISCUSSION



H. COMPLIANCE WITH IEEE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES







I. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PREVIOUS PUBLICATIONS REVIEW



J. NOTABLE FEATURES

Describe special issues, or other notable features.

K. FUTURE PLANS

Describe future plans for this Magazine.

L. SELF ASSESSMENT

This section provides an opportunity for self-assessment of this Magazine. Please compose a narrative to reflect

your S/C viewpoints on this Magazine; in so doing, cite specific examples of strengths and weaknesses. Widely-

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accepted measures exist for comparing periodicals with respect to the “impact” they have on the field. In your

self-assessment, please list the Impact Factor, Citation Half-Life, and Immediacy Index for this Magazine (see

also Section F in the Transactions report above) and comment on the position of this Magazine in the latest

Citation Index. This information (for most publications in the field) was provided to the EIC for this Review,

but may also be obtained from IEEE staff (because it is a commercial product, the information is not readily

available electronically). Definitions of these measures are as follows:







M. REVIEW COMMITTEE REMARKS REGARDING THIS MAGAZINE


N. REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS MAGAZINE


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NEWSLETTER (Completed by S/C; please give responses in 10-pt, non-bold Times New Roman font)

A. IEEE (TITLE)



B. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

1. Describe the membership and function of the Editorial Board.



Committee).

3. Describe Editor-in-Chief (EIC) selection, training, and terms/term limits.

C. TIMELINESS

Is every issue of this periodical mailed on or before the cover date? If No, comment on reason and corrective

action plan:

D. FINANCIAL AND SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION


E. FINANCIAL AND SUBSCRIPTION DISCUSSION

Comment on any financial anomalies:

Comment on any subscription anomalies:

F. COMPLIANCE WITH IEEE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES







G. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PREVIOUS PUBLICATIONS REVIEW



H. NOTABLE FEATURES

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I. FUTURE PLANS

Describe future plans for this periodical.

J. SELF ASSESSMENT

This section provides an opportunity for self-assessment of this Newsletter. Please compose a narrative to reflect

your S/C viewpoints on this Newsletter; in so doing, cite specific examples of strengths and weaknesses.

K. REVIEW COMMITTEE REMARKS REGARDING THIS NEWSLETTER.


L. REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS NEWSLETTER.


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Ali Sayed Member

David Daut Member

Joe Tront Member





















standards.












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(Name – Title)

(Name – Title)

(Name – Title)

(Name – Title)
















Transactions on Image Processing Editor in Chief (EIC):

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing:

Jelena Kovačević (2002-2006)

Phone (+1 765 494-0340) Email ([email protected])

Fax (+1 765 494-3358)

Charles A. Bouman (2007-present)

Phone (+1 765 494-0340) Email ([email protected])

Fax (+1 765 494-3358)





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TRANSACTION(S)


A. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON IMAGE PROCESSING

1. Date of first issue – (1992-January)

2. Frequency of publication – 12 issues per year




The IEEE Transactions on Image Processing covers signal-processing aspects of image processing, imaging systems,

and image scanning, display, and printing. Includes theory, algorithms, and architectures for image coding, filtering,

enhancement, restoration, segmentation, and motion estimation; image formation in tomography, radar, sonar,

geophysics, astronomy, microscopy, and crystallography; image scanning, digital half-toning and display, and color

reproduction.


The IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (TIP) covers a broad range of topics related to image processing, so it

potentially has overlap with any IEEE Transactions that deals with image or video data. However, in most cases this

overlap is small since TIP focuses on research that makes basic contributions to the imaging methodology. The IEEE

Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (CSVT) has perhaps the greatest overlap with TIP since

the word ―Video‖ refers to time-varying imagery. Both TIP and CSVT cover topics such as video source coding

methods. TIP also has limited overlap with the IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence

(PAMI) since both journals publish research related the pattern analysis methods used for image and video data. There

is also some limited overlap with the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (TSP) and the IEEE Transactions on

Information Forensics and Security (TIFS). In particular, TSP has some overlap with TIP in the area of

multidimensional signal processing, and TIFS has some overlap with TIP in areas related to security imaging and

biometrics. However, since these two journals are in the signal processing society, we work closely to minimize

technical overlap in submitted manuscripts.





The hierarchy of management for the journal is as follows:

a. The Associate Editors of the journal manage the review of individual manuscripts by selecting reviewers, evaluating

the reviews and manuscript content, and making decisions on manuscripts.

b. The Editor-in-Chief nominates Associate Editors, oversees journal operation and quality, provides technical and

organizational leadership for the journal, and assures compliance with Society and IEEE policy.

c. The Editorial Board is the committee comprising all Associate Editors and Chaired by the Editor-in-Chief. It makes

recommendations related to the journals technical organization and operation.

d. The Publications Board is a committee comprising the Editors-in-Chief of all Signal Processing Society journals and

chaired by the Vice President-Publications for the Signal Processing Society. The Publications Board provides

oversight for all of the Society’s publications; establishes procedures for management of the publications; approves

special issues; approves EDICS; and recommends page budgets. It also makes recommendations on new society

publications.

e. The Vice President-Publications chairs the Publications Board; serves on the Society’s Executive Committee and

Board of Governors; appoints, with the advice and consent of the Executive Committee, new Editors-in-Chief; carries

forward relevant recommendations from the Publications Board to the EXCOM and the Board of Governors for further

action.

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f. The Board of Governors of the Signal Processing Society has full responsibility for the creation/adoption of policy,

including policy relevant to the Society’s publications and has responsibility for approval of the Society’s budget.

e. The Executive Committee of the Signal Processing Society provides financial oversight for all publications and

publications-related matters; vets nominations for new Editors-in-Chief; acts for the Board of Governors between

meetings; has the ability to act for any Board-related committees between meetings; carries forward to the Board of

Governors items related to publications policy.

g. The Signal Processing Society employs three Administrative Assistants who, under the supervision of a Publications

Manager, and guided by the Executive Director, move manuscripts through the Manuscript Central system. The three

Administrative Assistants and the Publications Manager also maintain databases and policy and procedural documents;

provide support to the Vice President-Publications and the Editors-in-Chief; support the meetings of the Publications

Board; manage page budgets and other budgets.



Committee).

Society Bylaw 603.5. Editorial Board. Each of the publications of the Society shall be guided by an Editorial Board

which shall be chaired by the Editor-in-Chief. The Society's Executive Director shall serve ex-officio, without vote.

It shall be the responsibility of the Editorial Board to insure that the publication maintains the highest quality while

adhering to the publication rules and procedures of both the Society and the IEEE.

At present (August 2008), the editorial board of the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing consists of 49 members.

Of these, 45 (92%) are from academia and 4 (8%) are from industry or research laboratories, 42 (86%) are male and 7

(14%) are female. The table below compares the board membership of the journal with the demographics of the

Society membership.


Society Bylaw 603.2. Editor-in-Chief Nomination Procedures.

a. Nomination. The Vice President-Publications shall solicit, from the retiring Editor-in-Chief, the Editorial Board of

the Journal, the relevant Technical Committee(s), and from the Publications Board, nominations for the Editor-in-

Chief for the succeeding term. Such solicitation shall occur no later than one year prior to the conclusion of the

current Editor-in-Chief’s term. The Vice President-Publications shall also consider nominations submitted by other

volunteers of the Society, as well as self-nominations.

Nominations for the Editor-in-Chief shall be restricted to individuals who have previously served as associate

editor on an IEEE publication, and who are members in good standing of IEEE and of the Society. It is strongly

recommended that a slate of at least two names be brought forward for each position coming vacant.

b. Willingness to Serve. The Vice President-Publications shall obtain, in writing, from each individual who has

received a nomination, a written assurance of willingness and ability to serve if elected.

Individuals who agree to be nominated shall be required to provide a brief biography and a statement of candidacy.

These shall be circulated to the Executive Committee by the Vice President-Publications, via e-mail, at least two

weeks before the meeting at which the slate of names will be discussed.

The Executive Committee will review the candidates biographies and statements of candidacy and shall provide to

the Vice President-Publications, at the meeting, their endorsement of the preferred candidate, along with any

additional comments. Should the Executive Committee not endorse any of the nominees, the Vice President-

Region Number

of AEs % AEs % Membership

Regions 1-6 (USA) 33 67% 47%

Region 7 (Canada) 0 0% 3%

Region 8 (Europe/Africa) 14 29% 26%

Region 9 (Central/South America) 1 2% 2%

Region 10 (Asia/Pacific) 1 2% 19%

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Publications shall provide at least two new nominations within one month of the meeting. An e-mail ballot of the

Executive Committee shall then be conducted by the Executive Director and the results reported within 15 days.

Upon endorsement of a nominee by the Executive Committee, the Editor-in-Chief will then be appointed by the

Vice President-Publications. The Vice President-Publications will notify all candidates of the final decision. Once

the candidates have been notified, the Vice President-Publications will notify the Publications Board and the SPS

Publications Office on the outcome of the appointment process

The term of the EIC is 3 years, non-renewable.

A new EIC is trained, informally, by the previous EIC, and if necessary also follows an orientation by the Society

leadership. The Society makes every effort to elect EICs early, so they have a substantial period of training and

observation with the outgoing EIC. Most new EICs visit the SPS Office in Piscataway where they meet with the

editorial and production staff. The annual Panel of Editors meeting also serves as a useful forum for new EICs to meet

other Editors and learn about different aspects of the position.


603.4 Associate Editor. Associate Editors for the publications shall be appointed by the Editors-in-Chief and, formally,

shall have terms of no more than three years. During their formal terms, associate editors shall be voting members of

the Editorial Board for the publication to which they were appointed. It shall be understood that, regardless of the

formal term of service, Associate Editors shall serve until their workload has been completed; however, voting

membership on the Editorial Board shall be for the formal term only. Associate Editors may serve more than one term;


The Editor-in-Chief shall also have the right to terminate the terms of Associate Editors. Appeals by Associate Editors

of such action by the Editor-in-Chief shall be to the Signal Processing Society Vice President-Publications, who shall

have final authority in the matter.

The role of the Associate Editor is to manage manuscripts through the peer review process, as specifically stated in the

Society's Guide for Associate Editors, and to contribute, as a member of the Editorial Board, to maintaining the health

and quality of the publication.

Associate Editors are appointed for a three-year term, and a single 1-year extension is allowed for a total of 4 years of

service. After this 4-year period, AEs may not be reappointed for a period of 1 year.

The EIC selects AEs, and then nominates her/his selections for approval by the Publications Board. The EIC is

expected to nominate AEs who have an outstanding record of research and service, and who have a willingness and

ability to execute their responsibilities well. AEs are also required to be members of the IEEE and the Signal

Processing Society. AEs are expected to have a record of research and publications that would be consistent with or

beyond the accomplishments of a tenured associate professor at a major academic research institution. They are also

expected be at least four years beyond the completion of their PhD degree. An effort is also made to select AEs that

broadly reflect the community and are inclusive of differing technical views and specialties. In particular, a special

effort is made to attract outstanding AEs who have an employment background at private corporations and private or

government research laboratories. Since the criteria for success in these environments can differ somewhat from

academic organizations, the evaluation criteria for the selection of these individuals is adapted appropriately.

Training of new AEs is done via a ―Guide for AEs‖ which was created in 1997 and last updated in 2003. This

document also lists common problems that occur in Manuscript Central. Further familiarization with editorial policies

is done via regular emails and annual meetings of the editorial board.

D. QUALITY







The process is documented, step-by-step, in the Society’s Guide for Associate Editors.

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IEEE TIP uses a single blind review, i.e. the reviewer knows the author’s name.

After first submission, a manuscript is verified by the SPS managing editor on a few basic criteria such as its length

and formatting. If the new manuscript was previously submitted to TIP and rejected, then we verify that it is been at

least 6 months since the previous rejection. Once these constraints are met, then the manuscript is then distributed to

the next available AE based on the EDICS as indicated by the author. In some cases, an author may request one or

more specific AEs to handle the manuscript. If the requested AEs are technically suited for the topic, available, and

appropriate, then an effort is made to assign the manuscript to the requested AE. Generally, the EIC does not

systematically look at all manuscripts at this stage due to the high submission rates (approximately 70 new

submissions/month).

When assigned, the AE has an option of recommending an ―Immediate Reject‖ by contacting the EIC and providing a

brief description of the reasoning behind the recommendation. A recommendation of Immediate Reject may be

justified based on a lack of novelty, a lack of sufficient supporting experimental evidence, poor quality of writing

and/or presentation, or technical coverage which extends beyond the scope of the journal. Based on the AEs

recommendation, the EIC verifies the AEs position, and if both are in agreement, the manuscript is rejected without

review and the brief description of the reasoning is included in the correspondence to the author. Currently about 14%

of papers are rejected in this way.

One other possibility for immediate reject is if it is detected that the paper has already been submitted and rejected

twice before—it is our policy not to review such papers again. This detection is now done systematically by the SPS

managing editor.

In order to accept a manuscript for publication, the AE must obtain three reviews of the work, and these reviews must

be substantially positive in their assessment. In some cases when there are difficulties obtaining three external reviews,

an AE has the option of providing one of the three reviews. In this case, she/he may either enter a review through

manuscript central, or provide the review to the author during their email correspondence.

The AE makes decisions of accept, reject, or accept with major or minor revisions, and then communicates this

decision to the author(s). The AE is encouraged to provide a brief summary of their decision in the email

correspondence to the author, however, this is not required.

Since the start of IEEE JSTSP in 2006, the TIP has not had any special issues.

E. TIMELINESS



Yes, each issue of the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, for the entire review period, was mailed on or before the

cover date. Typically papers appear on IEEE Xplore before formal publication of each month’s issue.

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5 4 3 2 1





quality, etc.

66 69 15 1 6



3b Papers from Row 3 in review process 319 57 2 2 0





19 190 207 189 238




29% 57% 60% 61% 58%


1.92 3.72 4.12 4.29 2.57


.49 6.31 6.80 6.21 2.47

7

Average number of months from Author Submission to Publication Date. Simply compute an average (for the issues in a given column year, even for a partial current year) of the difference between the issue cover date and the ―Manuscript received‖ date printed in the footnote of every paper in print.

13.08 13.69 21.25 22.26 20.52




than one region).

2008 2007 2006 2005 2004


Regions 1 – 6 (U.S.A.) 38% 31% 39% 42% 35%

Region 7 (Canada) 3% 6% 5% 5% 6%

Region 8 (Europe/Africa) 43% 37% 36% 32% 41%

Region 9 (Central/South America) 2% 3% 1% 0% 1%

Region 10 (Asia/Pacific) 15% 23% 20% 21% 17%

COMMENTS:

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Preliminary Comment: IEEE Transactions on Image Processing is the premier journal in its field of image processing.

TIP consistently scores high in the Journal Citation Index. TIP also is distinguished by its broad coverage in the area of

image and video processing. Some of the competing journals either have a primary focus outside image processing

(PAMI), or have a narrower focus (CSVT), or are viewed as less prestigious (JEI). In recent years, it seems that the

competition from private journals, such as Elsevier and Springer, has substantially waned. One potentially strong

competitor for the future may be the new electronic-only journals such as the new SIAM Journal on Imaging Science. This

journal has a strong base of highly regarded researchers, addresses important problems, and has the advantages (and

disadvantages) of electronic-only distribution.

IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (published jointly by IEEE Computer and Information

Theory Societies)

Scope: The IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI) focus is on statistical pattern

recognition and machine learning, but since images and more specifically computer vision are often the target application

of machine learning methods, PAMI has had a traditional focus on image analysis. PAMI tends to have a reputation for

being very selective, with a very discriminating and demanding review process. In recent years, PAMI has tended to have a

very high impact factor, but some of this may be due to the details of how citations are counted by Thomson.

Comments: PAMI is a very strong, but somewhat indirect, competitor. It provides a useful model for how the manuscript

review process can to be evolved as submission rates and rejection rates increase.

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (IEEE Circuits and Systems Society)

Scope: The IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (CSVT) focuses on topics related to the

processing of video for applications including streaming, broadcast video, and video surveillance. It has been strong in

recent years, particularly in the context of research related to standards for coding and streaming of digital video. The

journal started in 1991, so it is one of the oldest image processing journals.

Comments: CSVT provides very strong competition, particularly in areas related to video coding standards. Its impact

factor can often be quite high due to the high citation rates associated with standards related special issues and papers.

Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision, (Optical Society of America)

Scope: The Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision (JOSA-A) is devoted to

developments in any field of classical optics, image science, and vision. JOSA-A includes original peer-reviewed papers on

such topics as atmospheric optics, image processing, scattering and coherence theory, machine vision, statistical optics,

diffraction and gratings, color, clinical vision, and visual optics.

Comments: JOSA-A has substantial overlap with IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. JOSA A provides particularly

strong competition in the area of human system modeling and quality metrics for images.

Journal of Electronic Imaging (published jointly by IS&T and SPIE)

Scope: The Journal of Electronic Imaging (JEI) covers research and applications in all areas of electronic imaging science

and technology. It was developed in response to the significant activity and projected growth in the field and is an

outgrowth of the annual Electronic Imaging Science and Technology Symposium jointly sponsored by SPIE and IS&T. The

journal began publication in 1992 and is published quarterly.

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In addition to technical papers, the journal also publishes special sections and book reviews in the area of electronic

imaging.

Comments: This journal is focused on the field of imaging, is similar in scope but perhaps a bit broader and has a greater

emphasis on applied and systems oriented topics in the field. It is well regarded and provides strong competition within

these specific areas.

Journal of Visual Communication and Image Processing (Elsevier)

Scope: The Journal of Visual Communication and Image Processing publishes papers on the state-of-the-art of visual

communication and image representation with emphasis on novel technologies and theoretical work in this

multidisciplinary area of pure and applied research. The field of visual communication and image representation is

considered in its broadest sense and covers both digital and analog aspects as well as processing and communication in

biological visual systems.

Comments: This journal has limited circulation because of its high price. Its focus is more in the computer vision field

than IEEE Transactions on Image Processing.

Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing (Springer)

Scope: Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing is an archival, peer-reviewed, technical journal publishing survey

and original papers, spanning fundamentals as well as applicable research contributions.

While the subject of multidimensional systems is concerned with mathematical issues designed to tackle a broad range of

models, its applications in signal processing have been known to cover spatial and temporal signals of diverse physical

origin.

Comments: The topic of this journal is highly specialized and not of growing importance.

Signal Processing - Image Communication (Elsevier)

Scope: Signal Processing/Image Communication publishes articles relating to aspects of the design, implementation and

use of image communication systems. The journal features original research work, tutorial and review articles, and accounts

of practical developments.

Its scope extends to application areas as diverse as: TV, HDTV and 3D-TV systems; visual science; image coding; image

transmission; interactive image communication; TV and advanced TV broadcasting; image storage and retrieval; graphic

arts; electronic printing; imaging technology; display technology; VLSI processors for image communications.

Comments: The focus of this journal is on image and visual communication, making it much more narrowly focused than

the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing.

SIAM Journal on Imaging Science (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics)

Scope: The SIAM Journal on Imaging Science is a purely electronic journal that specializes on the use of formal

approaches to applications of imaging science. It covers a broad range of applications, but the underlying theme is

theoretical tools used to solve those problems. The journal just began publication in 2008 and is published quarterly.

Comments: Currently, this journal does not have wide expose because of its recent creation. However, it has potential for

growth, and its creation largely resulted from the efforts of a community that was previously underserved by TIP. We have

since worked to better serve this community of researchers.

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Widely accepted measures exist for comparing periodicals with respect to the ―impact‖ they have on the field. For each of

the five competitor publications listed above, list the circulation, Impact Factor, Citation Half-Life, Immediacy Index, and

number of articles/pages published per year. This information (for most publications in the field) was provided to the EIC

for this Review, but may also be obtained from IEEE staff (because it is a commercial product, the information is not

readily available electronically). Definitions of these measures are as follows:

Impact factor: Average number of citations of articles over a two-year period divided by the number of articles published in

the journal in the same period.

Citation Half-Life: The number of journal publication years going back from the current year which account for 50% of the

total citation received by the journal during the current year.

Immediacy Index: The proportion of citations that refer to articles appearing within the most immediate past period (year?)






follows:







The following table lists the requested information for each journal as compiled by on Thomson’s Journal Citation Reports

Science Edition 2007.

TITLE # Cites Impact Half-Life Immed. Articles IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 8531 2.462 7.1 0.282 262

IEEE Transactions on PAMI 16492 3.579 9.7 0.571 189

IEEE Transactions on CSVT 3786 1.685 5.7 0.380 163

JOSA-A 11225 1.776 >10.0 0.423 423

Journal of Electronic Imaging 708 0.455 5.4 0.072 69

J. Visual Communication and Image Processing 517 0.832 7.5 0.150 40


IEEE- Society Title & # Signal Processing – 01 Name/s of Pubs. Transaction on Image Processing

ITEM 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008B 2009B

Pages/Year 1,756 1728 2272 3920 3122 3000 2760

(actual)

Issues/Year 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Subscribers

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Regular Member - Print 1700 0 0 0 0 0 0


Affiliate Member - Print 18 0 0 0 0 0 0


















Regular Member - General Interest Combo 0 0 0 0 0 0 3


Affiliate Member - General InterestCombo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Retired Member - General Interest Combo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0









Regular/Affiliate Member - General Interest Elec 0 0 0 0 0 1475 1650





Other Member - Combo

24 25 27 28 28 29 Regular/Affiliate Member - General Interest Combo 0 0 0 0 0 1475 1650




Income S/C Fees Hard Copy 84.9 (1.0) 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

S/C Fees Micro Fiche 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

S/C Electronic 9.1 9.8 10.9 13.6 14.6 15.0 14.4



Subscriptions - NM Shanghai 0.0 0.0 0.0 42.8 44.0 41.8 36.6

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Subscriptions - Corporate & Library Single Article 0.0 0.6 0.9 1.6 2.2 1.7 0.0


Subscriptions - BEL 0.0 (0.2) 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0

IEL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Airfreight Charges Billed - Members 2.8 1.4 4.3 3.3 2.2 3.3 4.3

Reprints S/C 0.0 0.7 3.3 1.6 0.5 1.6 0.5



Miscellaneous 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Total Income 776.1 844.1 856.2 1,150.8 1,052.7 1,076.4 928.9

2nd Class - Edit US 5.0 4.3 4.1 4.8 4.4 3.3 3.4

2nd Class - Edit Non US 38.9 35.4 48.8 69.8 53.8 49.7 45.0

Freight & Other 1.4 1.2 1.3 2.7 2.5 1.8 2.0

Air Freight 2.2 1.7 1.6 2.4 1.5 1.6 1.2

Text Paper 25.2 25.0 31.2 48.0 40.8 40.0 28.9

Press Work - Print 35.4 38.7 38.8 46.3 33.4 33.3 28.3

Binding - Prt Ed 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.9 3.1 2.8 2.6

Mailing - Prt Ed 7.9 6.3 5.9 5.9 6.0 4.2 5.1


Copyright Filing 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.1

Bad debt Allowance 2.2 1.4 (3.3) 3.8 (3.9) 3.9 (4.1)

Editor Fee 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


Editorial Reimburse Expenses 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Author's Alterations 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Composition 28.0 21.6 27.5 47.5 27.5 37.1 24.8

Camera Work-Prt 13.8 13.5 15.7 22.5 11.7 17.2 10.7

Reprinting-Prt Ed(Color Graphics Recovery ) (12.8) (21.7) (16.8) (23.1) (3.3) (23.1) (3.3)




Pursvc-Indexing 1.8 1.7 2.2 3.9 3.1 1.9 1.6


Pursvc-Composition Color 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.3 0.8 1.3

Pursvc-Composition In House 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


Pursvc-Pub Admin 12.3 13.0 16.3 25.5 19.9 21.5 20.8

PurSvc-Authoring Tools 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.7 4.7 5.0





Pursvc-XPLORE 0.0 9.6 9.6 8.7 5.0 5.6 7.4



Miscellaneous Expense 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0


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Rmb Services-other 1.1 (3.8) (2.8) (2.6) 0.0 (2.7) 0.0

Total Reimbursed Services 1.1 (3.8) (2.8) (2.6) 0.0 (2.7) 0.0


Total Net 477.7 569.0 528.5 642.3 644.0 647.9 537.7











The Society complies with all IEEE policies and procedures; this compliance is reinforced by the fact that production

of the Society’s publications is accomplished in-house. The Society has rigorous standards which do not conflict with

those established by IEEE. For example, the Society requires three independent reviewers for its regular submissions.

The Society’s Publications guideline documents reside on the Society’s web site and are accessible to all.




Previous recommendations:

1. We recommend that the Society incorporate a level of approval for Associate Editor appointments; this could be at

the level of the Publications Board. The intent is to build in a system of checks and balances, as well as provide an

additional ―set of eyes‖ to oversee this very important appointment process, rather than leave it in the hands of a

single person.

2. Special Issue Guest Editors essentially take the role of an Associate Editor. This means that the Guest Editor

(even in cases when there is more than one for an issue) is burdened with (sometimes) up to 50 submissions to

process (through the review process). This is in direct violation of the Society’s stated review process guidelines.

The face-to-face review revealed that the Society does not see a problem in this, but the Committee disagrees. We

therefore recommend that this problem be studied and solutions considered, such as having the Guest Editor use

the AE base (as would the EIC) to lighten the load and assure quality in the review process.

3. We recommend that the Society make a serious effort to involve the EIC in final stages of this report and

periodical review process. This is particularly important relative to the issue of timeliness, as the EIC plays a

critical role in making sure the periodical is produced in a timely fashion. While problems of timeliness are not as

severe for this periodical (compared to others in the Society), the sample issue we had (late 2003) revealed that the

average paper took more than 18 months from submission to print, and (on average) was in the print queue almost

6 months. Therefore, as part of this recommendation, we encourage further concerted effort by the Society toward

reducing these publication times, which apparently arise primarily in the review process.

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How recommendation was met:

1. We have implemented an approval process for AEs at the level of the publications board. The EIC nominates an

AE by emailing members of the Publications Board a listing the nominees qualifications. Members of the

Publications Board then have 10 working days to voice any concerns regarding the candidate. If no concerns are

raised, then the nominee is appointed. If concerns are raise which are deemed valid by members of the

Publications Board, then the nomination is withdrawn.

2. We have not had any TIP special issues since the last review, but we will keep this recommendation in mind for

the future.

3. The current EIC prepared this report.

K. NOTABLE FEATURES



2008 (mo.)

2007 2006 2005 2004

# Xplore “hits” 186,967 Jan. to July

622,137 574,522 535,996 493,310


L. FUTURE PLANS


Our plan for the future is based on the self-assessment listed in section M below. Our specific objectives are to:

1) Continue to increase the prestige of AEs and their number – Associate Editors are absolutely critical to the success

of TIP. Not only do they serve as our front line of journal selectivity, but they are also our ambassadors to the

technical community. Moreover, they represent to readers and authors the technical scope and philosophy of the

journal. Over the past 2 years, we have substantially increased both the size and technical prestige of TIPs editorial

board, and we plan to continue this effort. By reducing the work load per AE, we have been able to reduce

manuscript review times, and also encourage participation by more senior researchers. In my experience,

participation on TIPs editorial board is a highly coveted position among many of the most senior researchers in the

field, so it is appropriate and realistic for TIP to be quit selective and to have high expectations of its editorial

board.

2) Increase technical leadership in emerging areas – Over the coming year, we will be working to leverage the

Editorial Board to find new ways of engaging in the community by identifying and promoting areas of new

technical leadership. These may include coordination with associated conferences such as ICIP, and closer

relationships with the technical communities through the SPS Technical Committee membership.

3) Special Issues – TIP has not had special issues in recent years because of the creation of the new SPS journal on

Selected Topics in Signal Processing. However, in the coming year, we would like to put into place a process for

spearheading efforts on emerging technical areas.

4) Further reducing publication delays – We have an ongoing effort to reduce publication delays and make the review

process more efficient.

M. SELF ASSESSMENT





Index.

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It is critically important that TIP work to reinforce its perception in the community as the most prestigious and

impactful place to publish image processing research. To do this, TIP will need to continue to work toward achieving a

variety of distinct goals.

5) Increased selectivity and prestige – While TIP has, by far, the highest impact factor of any image-processing

journal, its selectivity still lags that of some other journals such as IEEE PAMI. As the internet makes vast

amounts of information available to researchers, selectivity is becoming an even more crucial aspect of a journals

success. Readers look to a journal to select out the material that will be of greatest importance to them. However,

selectivity must also be balanced with the need to present differing, and sometimes less popular, technical

perspectives. Achieving constructive selectivity will depend on attracting and empowering associate editors of

outstanding quality. Leading competitor in this area: IEEE PAMI

6) Increased technical impact – TIP must increase the number of high impact publications that it publishes. High

impact papers change the way that researchers think about a problem, and are often cited for many years after their

publication. Increasing the number of high impact papers tends to have more to do with attracting high quality

authors, than with selectivity. Here TIP needs to do more to align itself with communities of researchers that are

making major contributions to the field. TIP can do more to make itself the home of these communities by

incorporating leading researchers as AEs; encouraging and engaging with activities of research communities, such

as special conference sessions; and sponsoring special issues on topics of growing importance. Leading

competitors in this area: JOSA-A, IEEE PAMI

7) Increased application and systems impact – It is easy to underestimate the importance of publications which

engage with applications and systems oriented research communities. Publications which deal with applications

and systems oriented research tend to have less theoretical appeal, but they give relevance to the journal, and they

often have broad recognition from researchers in the community, particularly those in more applications oriented

environments. Attracting these papers depends both on creating an environment where these contributions are

valued in the review process, and attracting the authors of these application and systems oriented papers through

participation in their communities. Leading competitors in this area: IEEE CSVT, JEI





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IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing

Editor in Chief (EIC): 2009 – 2011 (Helen Meng)

Phone (852.2609.8327) Email ([email protected])

Fax (852.2603.5505)

Editor in Chief (EIC): 2006 – 2008 (Mari Ostendorf)

Phone (1 206 221 5748) Email ([email protected])

Fax (1 206 221 6851)

IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing (prior title)

Editor in Chief (EIC): 2003 -- 2005 (Isabel Trancoso)

Phone (352 213100268) Email ([email protected])

Fax (351 2131100268)


Someone else is taking care of this.

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TRANSACTION(S)


A. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUDIO, SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PROCESSING

(formerly IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing)

1. Date of first issue –

January 2006: IEEE T-ASLP

January 1993: IEEE T-SAP

2. Frequency of publication – 6 issues per year during 2004-2006, 8 issues per year in 2007-2008

3. Is subscription to this periodical included in the Society membership fee? no



In 1993, the T-SAP scope was not posted, but in 2005 the published scope was:

Covers speech and audio technologies and the sciences that support them. In speech, areas such as speech analysis,

synthesis, coding speech recognition, speaker recognition, language modeling, speech production and perception

speech enhancement. In audio: transducters, room acoustics, active sound control, human audition,

analysis/synthesis/coding of music, and consumer audio.

After the journal name change, the SPS Publications Board approved a corresponding change in scope to include

language processing, below, which is being reviewed by the IEEE/TAB.

Covers audio, speech and language processing and the sciences that support them. In audio processing: transducers,

room acoustics, active sound control, human audition, analysis/synthesis/coding of music, and consumer audio. In

speech processing: areas such as speech analysis, synthesis, coding, speech recognition, speaker recognition, speech

production and perception, and speech enhancement. In language processing: speech understanding, spoken language

dialog systems, translation, summarization and document retrieval, as well as general language modeling.


There is little overlap of scope with other IEEE Transactions. No other society includes audio, speech or language

in their scope. While papers on audio processing/coding sometimes appear in the IEEE Trans. on Multimedia (T-

MM) and there is potential overlap with a few other EDICS, the overlap is not a problem in practice and the T-

MM scope description is reasonably distinct from the T-ASLP scope in that the focus is on processing multiple

signal types.

There is a bigger issue of overlap with the Journal of Special Topics in Signal Processing (JSTSP), because the

special issues in the speech and language area have been going to T-ASLP. The Publications Board agreed to this

strategy, because it was felt that special issues played an important role for T-ASLP for two reasons. First, special

issues are useful for establishing a firmer base in areas that we are targeting for growth, including language

processing and new directions in audio processing such as music retrieval and content-based representations.

Second, we have been making a concerted effort to improve the reputation of the journal and its impact factor, and

timely publication of special issues on important emerging areas was part of our strategy. While we have made

substantial progress, we believe that there is still a need to include some special issues in the next 3 years, though

some of the proposals should be forwarded to JSTSP. One problem is that some of the speech/audio topics are

more specialized and may not generate enough papers for a JSTSP special issue, which was a reason for a recent

proposal to be considered by TASLP. In the past three years, 7 of 9 cases were published as “special sections”

rather than “special issues” because they did not fill an issue, though this was in part due to efforts to reduce the

queue in 2006 and 2007.

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Committee).

Society Bylaw 603.5. Editorial Board. Each of the publications of the Society shall be guided by an Editorial Board

which shall be chaired by the Editor-in-Chief. The Society's Executive Director shall serve ex-officio, without vote.



As of August 2008, there are 24 members on the editorial board (including the Editor-in-Chief), which is somewhat

increased from 19 in December 2005 due to the expanded scope of the journal and the increased number of

submissions. A further increase is needed to address changes in the submissions to various EDICS and further

increases. The Associate Editors are chosen primarily based on their qualifications to handle EDICS where we have a

retirement or an increase in submission activity. In addition, we try to balance for gender and geographic distribution.

We currently have only 17% of the board that are women. One woman recently retired and has not yet been replaced.

We think this number is too low and hope to increase this percentage with new appointments, but it has been difficult

getting suggestions of qualified women in the audio area. The geographic distribution of the current group of

Associate Editors is given in the table below. The balance reasonably well reflects the distribution of published

authors, with the exception that we should aim to increase the percentage of editors from Asia. The higher percentage

from Regions 1-6 is also consistent with the higher percentage for that area in terms of society membership.

Regions 1 – 6

(U.S.A.)

Region 7

(Canada)

Region 8

(Europe/Africa)

Region 9

(Central/South America)

Region 10

(Asia/Pacific)

(9) 37% (2) 8% (9) 37% (0) 0% (4) 17%

We have not consciously tried to select Associate Editors to balance for industry vs. academia, but the nature of the

field is such that we do choose editors from industry. The current representation involves 25% from industry.




603.4 Associate Editor. Associate Editors for the publications shall be appointed by the Editors-in-Chief and, formally,

shall have terms of no more than three years. During their formal terms, associate editors shall be voting members of

the Editorial Board for the publication to which they were appointed. It shall be understood that, regardless of the

formal term of service, Associate Editors shall serve until their workload has been completed; however, voting

membership on the Editorial Board shall be for the formal term only. Associate Editors may serve more than one term;


The Editor-in-Chief shall also have the right to terminate the terms of Associate Editors. Appeals by Associate

Editors of such action by the Editor-in-Chief shall be to the Signal Processing Society Vice President-Publications,

who shall have final authority in the matter.

The role of the Associate Editor is to manage manuscripts through the peer review process, as specifically stated in

the Society's Guide for Associate Editors, and to contribute, as a member of the Editorial Board, to maintaining the

health and quality of the publication.

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Candidate Associate Editors are selected by first soliciting input from the Editorial Board and the two associated

technical committees (Speech and Language (SLTC), and Audio and Electroacoustics (AETC)) given specific EDICS

needs and occasionally from other senior researchers in the field. In addition, the Editor keeps an archive of prior

suggestions. Then the Editor-in-Chief chooses from among these suggestions based on qualifications and

gender/geographic distribution. Lastly, the names are submitted to the SPS Publications Board for approval in

accordance with current SPS policy, and the IEEE/SPS membership status is verified. (Associate Editors are required

to be members of IEEE and the SPS.) The Editor-in-Chief confirms that the nominee is willing to serve if/when

approved. Guest Editors are also approved by the Publications Board via the review process for special issue proposals.

Both new Associate Editors and Guest Editors are provided with a short summary of guidelines (written by the Editor-

in-Chief) that emphasize timeliness, and they are pointed to the SPS web page for more detailed Guidelines for

Associate Editors (http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/publications/guides/associate-editors/). Manuscript Central

also provides an online tutorial for Associate Editors. Best practices are discussed at Editorial Board meetings at

ICASSP and policy reminders are sent in occasional emails from the Editor to the Board, but there is no in-person

training.

The typical appointment for Associate Editors of T-ASLP is for a three-year term, though two-year terms are possible

if preferred by the AE. AEs do not serve for more than two terms, and they do not serve consecutive terms. In some

cases, AEs may step down early when they have new responsibilities that make it difficult for them to manage the

standard submission load. In all cases, AEs are expected to finish handling of all papers that are in review, even though

that typically involves work beyond their term. However, at the discretion of the editor, when the number of such

papers is sufficiently large, some papers may be transferred to active AEs.

D. QUALITY







The process is documented, step-by-step, in the Society’s Guide for Associate Editors:

http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/publications/guides/associate-editors/

IEEE TASLP uses a single blind review, i.e. the reviewer knows the author’s name.

In brief, the process is as follows. For most papers, SPS staff member Kathy Jackson assigns incoming papers to an

associate editor based on their EDICS and current paper load, after verifying that the paper conforms to journal

requirements (e.g. page length requirements). The EIC is consulted for difficult cases and may sometimes make the

assignments when Kathy is unavailable. Our goal is to give AEs no more than two new papers per month. AEs may

not handle any paper for which they have a conflict of interest (e.g. recent collaboration with an author), and we rely on

the AEs to alert us to such conflicts.

The AE does a first assessment of the paper and alerts the EIC if s/he believes that it may merit an immediate reject (or

an “Administrative Reject”), i.e. for cases where the paper is out of scope, is very badly written, has no novel

contribution (methods described have been previously published), and/or does not meet journal standards for

experimental validation. Examples of the last case include papers with no quantitative evaluation or with experimental

work on overly simplistic data sets such as assessing speaker-independent algorithms on data from five speakers. A

paper may also be considered for an immediate reject if the author submits work that is similar to a previously rejected

paper without including a discussion of changes made to address the reviewer comments associated with the previous

paper. In such cases, the EIC may contact other AEs to confirm the assessment, and if confirmed will write the author

and explain the reasons for the administrative rejection. For articles with poor English, the authors are encouraged to

use an editorial service such as that mentioned in the Instructions for Authors.

When there are no such problems, the AE assigns reviewers, and they are encouraged to select four reviewers to

increase the likelihood of getting three timely reviews. Two reviews are required as a minimum to make a decision, but

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when there are contradictory recommendations from the reviewers, the AE is encouraged to get three reviews. The AE

makes a decision and communicates it with the authors, with the reviews attached. For cases where there are

contradictory reviews, the AE is encouraged to include a paragraph in the decision letter explaining the decision. The

EIC is not involved in the decision, but is consulted when authors complain about decisions. In all such cases, the EIC

has found that the AE decision was appropriate.

Occasionally, a reviewer will report suspected plagiarism. In this case, the AE informs the EIC and obtains marked up

copies of the submitted manuscript and the allegedly plagiarized manuscript. The EIC will obtain assessment of the

level of plagiarism (if any) from the AE involved and possibly with consultation of another AE, and will work with

SPS staff to address any problems according to IEEE guidelines.

All special issues have an open call for papers published in the journal, typically 6 months in advance of the deadline,

and advertised via email. Papers submitted to special issues are handled in the same way as regular papers, except that

the lead guest editor provides recommendations to Kathy Jackson as to which papers should be assigned to which guest

editor. Papers that are authored by a Guest Editor are handled by the EIC or a regular AE designated by the EIC.

Papers that are determined to be out of scope of the special issue by the GEs are transferred to an AE to be handled as a

regular paper. There are typically 3-5 Guest Editors per issue, and they typically handle 5-8 papers, depending on the

number of submissions to the issue. The EIC communicates regularly with the Guest Editors, providing them with

status updates since Manuscript Central does not currently allow the lead GE to view the status of all papers. The

Guest Editors often consult with each other in making decisions. In some cases where there are reviewing delays

and/or substantial changes requested by reviewers such that the authors can not meet the special issue deadlines, the

paper will still be handled by the original GE but it will be considered as a regular paper for another issue. The GEs

write an editorial associated with their special issue, which is reviewed by the EIC and further reviewed by the

Executive Director, Mercy Kowalczyk.

E. TIMELINESS



In 2004, there were two late issues: the January issue mailed on 15 January and the March issue mailed on 7 April.

Since that time, we have more carefully managed the pipeline of papers. During 2005 through 2008, all issues were

mailed on time. Papers that are in the queue appear in IEEE Xplore ahead of time as appearing in future issues.

Starting in 2009, we will move to electronic publishing only to further improve timeliness. Starting in 2009 when the

issue is electronic, we plan to email the table of contents monthly to subscribers to make the content easily viewable by

readers.

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5 4 3 2 1

Row NUMBER OF PAPERS: 2008* 2007* 2006 2005 2004




quality, etc.

7 11 11 1 0





3d Other papers from Row 3 (explain in comments below)** 1 4 17 11 10



2 94 150 137 124




(Number in [.] includes reviewed WDs and IRs as reject.)

--- 52.5%

[55.1%]

49.1%

[55.8%]

52.4%

[56.4%]

47.2%

[51.2%]


--- 2.8 3.2 3.7 3.8


5.9 4.2 4.8 4.5 4.8

7


12.42 16.46 22.09

27.10 17.35

*Numbers for 2007 and 2008 represent status as of 8/31/08. The rejection rate for 2007 is a low estimate since not all

papers have final decisions. The time from submission to publication for 2007 is also a low estimate. Statistics for items 5-

7 for 2008 are not meaningful at this point and will be updated in January 2009.

** Papers withdrawn by authors because they were not able to address reviewer comments within deadline. Immediate

withdrawals are not included in the statistics, since they typically correspond to author submission errors.

Papers that are submitted as correspondences:

Accepted Rejected

2008* 0 3

2007* 3 15

2006 3 13

2005 5 9

2004 2 9

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Geographical distribution of authors (percentage of total) of published papers in the year of

publication (not year of submission). Use current location of author as shown in the

Biography. Count all authors of a paper (a set of authors may represent more than one region).

2008 2007 2006 2005 2004


Regions 1 – 6 (U.S.A.) 25% 29% 28% 36% 40%

Region 7 (Canada) 7% 8% 5% 4% 5%

Region 8 (Europe/Africa) 42% 42% 39% 33% 29%

Region 9 (Central/South America) 1% 0% 1% 0% 0%

Region 10 (Asia/Pacific) 25% 21% 26% 27% 26%

COMMENTS:

Over the past decade, the journal has seen steady growth in submissions (ignoring 2003 which had reporting anomalies

due to Manuscript Central problems). At the same time, we have been increasing our rejection rate, with the goal of

improving quality. With the support of the VP Publications and the Society, we have increased page budgets in order

to reduce the queue and have thereby drastically reduced the time to publication. At the same time, we have reduced

the average time to final decision, which is an important factor now that the queue is no longer a bottleneck to

publication. We believe that the time to publication can be further improved by reducing the time period provided to

authors for returning final materials (we have already moved from 6 weeks to 4 weeks, but 2-3 weeks seems

reasonable), and by moving to electronic publication as we are doing next year.




No single journal shares the same scope as TASLP, with recent addition of language processing in the scope. Most

focus on either speech and language or audio/music. The most important competitors to the IEEE Trans. on Audio,

Speech and Language Processing (TASLP) are:

Computer, Speech and Language (CSL) -- Elsevier

o Scope: From the journal web page: “Computer Speech & Language publishes reports of original research

related to the recognition, understanding, production, coding and mining of speech and language. The

speech and language sciences have a long history, but it is only relatively recently that large-scale

implementation of and experimentation with complex models of speech and language processing has

become feasible. Such research is often carried out somewhat separately by practitioners of artificial

intelligence, computer science, electronic engineering, information retrieval, linguistics, phonetics, or

psychology. The journal provides a focus for this work, and encourages an interdisciplinary approach to

speech and language research and technology. Thus contributions from all of the related fields are

welcomed in the form of reports of theoretical or experimental studies, tutorials, and brief correspondence

pertaining to models and their implementation, or reports of fundamental research leading to the

improvement of such models.”

http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622808/description#description

o Comments: While it used to be the case that this journal was dominated by papers in speech recognition,

it now publishes a broader spectrum consistent with its scope, and there is a large overlap with the speech

and language side of TASLP. It is an important competitor, particularly on the spoken language

processing side. A distinguishing factor is that it has no page limits, so important extensive studies are

often published there, contributing to a longer half-life. CSL is published quarterly and publishes many

fewer papers than TASLP.

ACM Trans. on Speech and Language Processing (ACM-TSLP)

o Scope: From the journal web page: “ACM Transactions on Speech and Language Processing focuses on

practical areas of the design, development, and evaluation of speech- and text-processing systems along

with their associated theory. It publishes application-oriented research, survey papers, and descriptions of

novel applications. TSLP reviewers place emphasis on the originality and the applicability of

submissions.”

http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622808/description%23description

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http://tslp.acm.org/

o Comments: This is a relatively young journal, with its first issue published in 2004. It does not yet appear

to have a regular publication schedule, and the number of papers published is small. It has the potential

for being a strong competitor to TASLP on the speech and language side, but it is not yet well

established.

Speech Communication (SpeCom) -- Elsevier

o Scope: From the journal web page: “Speech Communication is an interdisciplinary journal whose primary

objective is to fulfil the need for the rapid dissemination and thorough discussion of basic and applied

research results. In order to establish frameworks to inter-relate results from the various areas of the field,

emphasis will be placed on viewpoints and topics of a transdisciplinary nature.” … “Subject areas

covered in this journal include: basics of oral communication and dialogue, models and tools for language

learning, speech signal processing, models for automatic speech communication, development and

evaluation tools, multimodal human computer interface.” (detailed list omitted)

http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505597/description#description

o Comments: The scope of SpeCom overlaps with the speech and language processing subset of TASLP,

but it is much broader in that it includes a substantial amount of work in speech science. Though

published by Elsevier, SpeCom is a publication of the European Association for Signal Processing

(EURASIP) and the publication of the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA), and it

benefits from the promotion efforts of these groups. It frequently publishes special issues associated with

ISCA workshops, and paper awards are presented at ISCA conferences. It publishes 12 issues per year

and is an important competitor with TASLP, particularly in areas related to speech science and

interdisciplinary work.

EURASIP Journal of Audio, Speech and Music Processing (JASMP) -- Hindawi

o Scope: From the journal web page: “The aim of EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music

Processing is to bring together researchers, scientists and engineers working on the theory and

applications of the processing of various audio signals, with a specific focus on speech and music.

EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music Processing is an interdisciplinary journal for the

dissemination of all basic and applied aspects of speech communication and audio processes. It publishes

papers on the advancement of both human speech communication science and automatic speech and

audio systems. The journal will be dedicated to having original research work, but will also allow tutorial

and review articles. Articles will deal with both theoretical and practical aspects of audio, speech, and

music processing.”

http://www.hindawi.com/journals/asmp/

o Comments: JASMP has the largest overlap in scope of any of the TASLP competitors, because it covers

both speech and audio processing. It is a very new journal, having started in 2007, so it is a bit early to

assess its role, but it was mentioned by several TASLP audio AEs as an important competitor, probably

the biggest competitor. JASMP published 30 articles in 2007 and 16 so far in 2008. It has an open access

model, where authors of accepted papers pay 500 Euro for processing (with discounts for EURASIP

members), and a goal of rapid turnaround for publication. There are many IEEE members and fellows on

its Editorial Board, perhaps because of the commitment to open access. This is an important journal to

watch.

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA)

o Scope: From the journal web page: “Since 1929 The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America has

been the leading source of theoretical and experimental research results in the broad interdisciplinary

subject of sound. The Journal serves physical scientists, life scientists, engineers, psychologists,

physiologists, architects, musicians, and speech communication specialists. Subject coverage includes:

linear and nonlinear acoustics; aeroacoustics, underwater sound and acoustical oceanography; ultrasonics

and quantum acoustics; architectural and structural acoustics and vibration; speech, music and noise;

psychology and physiology of hearing; engineering acoustics, sound transducers and measurements;

bioacoustics, animal bioacoustics and bioresponse to vibration.”

http://scitation.aip.org/jasa/

o Comments: JASA is a high quality journal, better than TASLP in prestige in general but not so much

within the overlapping sub-disciplines. JASA mainly serves the science side of speech and acoustic signal

processing, and the overlap with TASLP is relatively small. Speech and audio technology papers are

much more often sent to TASLP, though production and perception papers are often sent to JASA. JASA

http://tslp.acm.org/

http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505597/description%23description

http://www.hindawi.com/journals/asmp/

http://scitation.aip.org/jasa/

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is published monthly, but because of the very broad scope, the issues may not include speech and audio

processing papers each month.

Journal of the Audio Engineering Society (JAES)

o Scope: From the journal web page: “Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, the official publication of

the AES, is the only peer-reviewed journal devoted exclusively to audio technology. It is published

monthly, except January/February and July/August when it is published bimonthly, and is sent

automatically to all AES members and subscribers. It contains state-of-the-art technical papers and

engineering reports; features covering timely topics; pre and post reports of AES conventions and other

society activities; news of AES sections around the world; standards and Education Committee work;

membership, patents, new products, and newsworthy developments.”

http://www.aes.org/journal/

o Comments: JAES has a significant overlap in scope with the audio side of TASLP, and it is free with

membership to the Audio Engineering Society. It is mentioned by several of the TASLP as a potential

competitor, but some say that it is not a major competitor.

Other journals that are competitors to a lesser extent include: Computational Linguistics (published by the Association

for Computational Linguistics, overlap in language processing, but they publish very little on spoken language), the

Japanese Journal of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (a real competitor in

Japan, but not elsewhere), the International Journal of Speech Technology (published by Springer, its scope is more

applications-oriented than TASLP), the Computer Music Journal (published by MIT Press, which covers digital audio

signal processing but has a bit more emphasis on the artistic side), and the Journal of New Music Research (published

by Taylor & Francis, covering a range of disciplines ranging from music theory to brain science, with a focus on “the

creation and study of music” rather than the TASLP emphasis on the algorithms).






follows:







In the tables below, the measures compare TASLP with competitor journals for the past four years, excluding

ACM-TSLP and JASMP, since these were not available from the ISI web site, probably because they are relatively

new. The numbers for our journal correspond to those for TSAP in 2004-2005 and a combination of TSAP and

TASLP for 2006-2007 after the name change. (For # articles and # cites, we combine the two sets of numbers; for

impact factor, we use the same formula as ISI with the combined numbers. Immediacy is taken from TASLP in

2007 and TSAP in 2006, and half-life is taken from TSAP. Both measures are approximations.)

2007

Title # Articles # Cites Impact Immed. Half-Life

IEEE TSAP/TASLP 216 2099 1.312 0.236 7.2

CSL 35 441 1.094 0.314 8.7

SpeCom 65 1235 0.690 0.169 7.4

JASA 738 25428 1.587 0.256 >10

JAES 48 749 0.857 0.021 >10

2006


IEEE TSAP/TASLP 198 1896 1.006 0.136 6.6

CSL 28 383 0.689 0.072 >10

http://www.aes.org/journal/

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SpeCom 110 1106 0.678 0.027 7.0

JASA 718 22930 1.433 0.241 >10

JAES 54 742 0.639 0.130 9.3

2005


IEEE TSAP 110 1135 1.008 0.127 6.1

CSL 25 335 0.487 0.280 9.6

SpeCom 87 847 1.178 0.115 6.8

JASA 683 23507 1.677 0.299 >10

JAES 51 652 0.527 0.216 9.6

2004


IEEE TSAP 52 855 0.657 0.135 6.1

CSL 20 275 0.512 0.200 9.0

SpeCom 62 641 0.709 0.048 6.7

JASA 630 20228 1.482 0.202 >10

JAES 57 669 0.720 0.193 8.9

The large increase in number of articles published in TSAP/TASLP in 2005-2006 may have hurt the impact factor

of TSAP/TASLP in 2006, but benefited in 2007 because of the increased number of citations.

Looking at these numbers, there is a trend of improving impact factor for TASLP, and its impact factor is typically

similar to or better than that of its main competitors. The one exception is JASA, which has a much broader scope

than TASLP and is not really a primary competitor, as mentioned above. One reason for the relatively low impact

factor is that the main speech and audio conferences have not been indexed for citations, unlike in other fields.

We anticipate that at least ICASSP will be indexed next year, which should have a positive impact on TASLP as

well as CSL and SpeCom. It is difficult to obtain accurate Immediacy and Half-Life figures for 2006-2007

because of the journal name change, but it appears that these are improving as well.

It is important to note that in the speech and language area, conference proceedings of ICASSP and Interspeech

(formerly ICSLP/Eurospeech) are important to consider as competitors to TASLP. Speech and language

processing researchers are known to have a much higher rate of submissions to conferences than journals, in part

because of the high value placed on timely publication of material and the historically slow turnaround time of

journals. An exception is the special issues, which are valued for their nature of documenting a body of work and

faster turnaround. The improved turnaround time of the journal is very important to addressing this competition,

as is advertising of the policy that expanded versions of conference papers are welcome as journal submissions. In

addition, the current and former Editors-in-Chief of TASLP believe that special issues should continue to play a

role for the next couple years, as we more firmly establish the journal as the premier place to publish research

advances in audio, speech and language processing. Special issues also provide an important vehicle for attracting

multi-disciplinary work, which otherwise typically go to our main competitors.


IEEE- Society Title & # Signal Processing - 01 Name/s of Pubs. Transaction on Audio, Speech and Language Processing

ITEM 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008B 2009B

Pages/Year 880 620 1285 2328 2605 2000 1700

(actual)

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Issues/Year 6 6 6 6 8 8 8

Subscribers Regular Member - Print 1558 0 0 0 0 0 0


























Other Member - Elec 7 7 7 8 9 9 10 Regular/Affiliate Member - General Interest Elec 0 0 0 0 0 765 840








S/C Electronic 5.1 5.1 4.9 5.5 6.3 6.4 25.3



Subscriptions - NM Shanghai 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.2 11.0 10.4 7.4 Subscriptions - Corporate & Library Single Article 0.0 0.4 0.5 4.0 5.3 4.1 0.0


IEL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


Reprints S/C 0.0 1.9 1.8 3.5 2.0 3.5 2.0

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Miscellaneous 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Total Income 411.2 424.2 436.3 560.7 506.5 467.8 424.6

2nd Class - Edit US 2.1 1.4 1.2 2.3 1.9 1.7 0.2


Freight & Other 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.9 1.1 0.7 0.1

Air Freight 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.1

Text Paper 6.3 5.1 7.1 15.8 11.4 11.7 1.2

Press Work-Print 14.8 11.0 13.1 25.7 21.0 20.5 8.1

Binding 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.9 1.6 1.5 0.6

Mailing-Prt Ed 4.3 3.4 2.5 3.4 3.1 2.8 1.2



Bad Debt Allowance 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 (0.8) 0.0 0.0


Editor Fee 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


Editorial Reimbursed Expense 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Composition 13.3 8.3 16.8 31.4 15.9 26.5 22.5

Camera Work-Prt 5.1 4.4 6.3 14.6 8.3 12.5 5.5

Reprinting-Prt Ed (1.2) (1.3) (1.3) (1.3) 0.0 (1.3) 0.0




Pursvc-Indexing 0.8 0.6 2.3 2.1 2.6 1.3 1.0


Pursvc-Pub Admin 6.7 5.2 9.2 14.8 17.1 14.3 13.0






Pursvc-XPLORE 0.0 9.6 9.6 8.7 5.0 5.6 7.4



PurSvc-Other 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0



Rmb Services-other (2.7) (1.9) (1.4) (1.3) 0.0 (1.4) 0.0

Total Reimbursed Services (2.7) (1.9) (1.4) (1.3) 0.0 (1.4) 0.0


Total Net 278.7 317.1 268.0 277.6 223.1 200.7 223.2

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1. Comment on any financial anomalies. Someone else is taking care of this.

2. Comment on any subscription anomalies. Someone else is taking care of this.








The Society complies with all IEEE policies and procedures; this compliance is reinforced by the fact that

production of the Society’s publications is accomplished in-house. The Society has rigorous standards which do

not collide with those established by IEEE. The Society’s Publications guideline documents reside on the

Society’s web site and are accessible to all.




Reviewed in 2004, with the following recommendations:

We recommend that the Society incorporate a level of approval for Associate Editor appointments; this could be at

the level of the Publications Board. The intent is to build in a system of checks and balances, as well as provide an

additional “set of eyes” to oversee this very important appointment process, rather than leave it in the hands of a

single person.

Response: The society adopted a new procedure for AE appointments as recommended. The EIC makes

nominations to the Publications Board, providing motivation and background on the nominee’s reviewing record

as well as technical expertise. The Publication Board members have two weeks to provide feedback or objections.

Lack of objections in that time period constitutes approval.

Special Issue Guest Editors essentially take the role of an Associate Editor. This means that the Guest Editor

(even in cases when there is more than one for an issue) is burdened with (sometimes) up to 50 submissions to

process (through the review process). This is in direct violation of the Society’s stated review process guidelines.

The face-to-face review revealed that the Society does not see a problem in this, but the Committee disagrees. We

therefore recommend that this problem be studied and solutions considered, such as having the Guest Editor use

the AE base (as would the EIC) to lighten the load and assure quality in the review process.

Response: During the past five years, special issues have involved multiple guest editors to ensure a reasonable

paper handling load. In addition, for issues that receive a very large number of submissions, we move those

papers that are not a good fit to the call into the regular issue processing, to be handled by regular AEs. Under this

system, the guest editors never handle more than ten papers, and typically it is less than that.

We recommend that the Society make a serious effort to involve the EIC in final stages of this report and


critical role in making sure the periodical is produced in a timely fashion.

Response: The current EIC was actively involved in preparing this report. All information in the preparation is

shared with the incoming EIC who will be involved in the actual review, and the outgoing EIC will be available as

needed to answer any questions.

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We recommend that strong measures be taken to reduce the time to publication of the T-SAP. The sample issue we

had (late 2003) revealed that the average paper took more than 23 months from submission to print, and (on

average) was in the print queue only about 7 months. From these statistics, it is apparent that the problems arise

primarily in the review process.

Response: This has been a very high priority for us, but the problem was not only in the review process. A major

problem has been the publication queue. Thanks to the support of the society and to the VP of Publications, who

lobbied effectively for extra pages to reduce the queue, this is no longer a problem, and it has had a major impact

on timeliness as shown in section E. Reviewer delay is being reduced through the MC automatic emails, and by

encouraging AEs to invite more reviewers initially. Another major problem is delay in authors returning revised

manuscripts and final materials. In the past, deadlines for authors were not enforced, but we are moving towards a

model where we more strictly adhere to deadlines and ask authors to withdraw papers if they are cannot come

close to the deadlines stated in the decision letters. It has been a slow process because of the need to change

community expectations. Other problems arose from the initial move to Manuscript Central and the more recent

upgrade, but the SPS staff has been very helpful with these transitions.

K. NOTABLE FEATURES



2008 (Jan., Jul)

2007 (Jan., Jul)

2006 (Jan., Jul)

2005 (Jan., Jul)

2004 (Jan., Jul)

# Xplore “hits” 106, 200 204, 929 184, 689 151, 533 125, 611


TASLP does not have a tie to any conferences for publishing papers, but the Editorial Board does meet at ICASSP,

which is the one conference where all three topic areas are represented.

Consistent with plans outlined in the 2004 review, special issues (in most cases, actually “special sections”) have been

an important part of our strategy for increasing the scope in association with the name change, and improving the

impact of the transactions. The topics represent a balance of all three areas of the journal. Special issues published

during the 2004-2008 period include:

New Approaches to Statistical Speech and Text Processing (September 2008)

Guest Editors: Bill Byrne, Mark Johnson, Lillian Lee and Steve Renals

Music Information Retrieval (February 2008)

Guest Editors: Malcolm Slaney, Dan Ellis, Mark Sandler, Masataka Goto, and Mike Goodwin

Speaker and Language Recognition (September 2007)

Guest Editors: Kay Berkling, Jean-Francois Bonastre and Joseph Campbell

Blind Signal Processing for Speech and Audio Applications (July 2007)

Guest Editors: Shoji Makino, Te-Won Lee, and Guy Brown

Objective Quality Assessment of Speech and Audio (November 2006)

Guest Editors: Doh-Suk Kim, John Beerends, Oded Ghitza, Peter Kroon, and Antony Rix

Progress in Rich Transcription (September 2006)

Guest Editors: G. Zweig, J. Makhoul, B. Peskin, P. Woodland and A. Stolcke

Expressive Speech Synthesis (July 2006)

Guest Editors: N. Campbell, W. Hamsa, H. Hoge, T. Jianhua and G. Bailly

Speech-to-Speech Machine Translation (March 2006)

Guest Editors: G. Riccardi, Y. Gao, H. Meng, S. Nakamura and A. Waibel

Statistical and Perceptual Audio Processing (January 2006)

Guest Editors: B. Raj, M. Slaney, D. Ellis, P. Smaragdis and J. Brown

Data Mining of Speech, Audio, and Dialog (September 2005)

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Guest Editors: M. Gilbert, R. Moore and G. Zweig

Multichannel Signal Processing for Audio and Acoustics Applications (January 2005)

The large number of special issues in 2006 was due to substantial delays in the reviewing process; three issues had

been originally scheduled for 2005. One problem is that the lead guest editor does not have access to all papers

submitted for that issue in Manuscript Central. To address this problem, we have moved to a mode of regular

communication between the EIC and the guest editors with status updates. Since then, almost all special issues have

been on time or delayed by one issue (a delay to January/February actually benefits impact factor). Three more special

issues are planned for 2009, and another is approved for 2010.

L. FUTURE PLANS


Our future plans are to continue the trend of improving impact through higher quality and faster turnaround. Specific

goals include:

Move to electronic-only publishing in January 2009, and develop a mechanism for emailing a clickable table of

contents to subscribers;

Further expand the Editorial Board to improve editor coverage in growth areas;

Work with the AE and SL Technical committees to update the EDICS so as to better describe the new technical

directions of the field;

More aggressively advertise the new scope to increase the number of language processing papers;

Advertise the improved paper turnaround, policies for allowing expanded versions of conference papers, and

opportunities for including audio samples and source code in Xplore in order to attract more good papers;

Continue to work with AEs to establish high standards for papers and further reduce the acceptance rate; and

Continue to publish special issues in targeted growth areas, but start pushing some topics to JSTSP.

M. SELF ASSESSMENT





Index.

The past six years have been a period of rebuilding for TASLP, both in terms of improving quality and reducing

time to publication, aiming toward higher impact. Major strides have been made: submissions are up, acceptance

rates are down, turnaround time is down, and impact factor is improving. We expect further improvements to the

impact factor as the new name gains recognition and the ICASSP conference proceedings are indexed (since so

much speech and audio work appears in conferences). The scope has expanded to include language processing,

though we have not attracted as many papers in that area as hoped for and more work is needed to strengthen that

side of the journal. On the audio side, there has been significant growth, and we are leveraging the rapid changes

in that field. Since the past, current and succeeding EICs are all from the speech/language area, it is important to

clearly recognize the contribution of audio to the journal by continuing to work with the TC so as not to lose this

momentum.

One area of concern is the increasing number of duplicate submission and plagiarism cases, despite the clear

guidelines in the instruction to authors. All have been reported by reviewers or AEs. It is important for the society

to continue to have support for the EIC in handling these cases, and ideally have automatic checking for duplicate

submissions within IEEE to reduce the number of papers that go back to reviewers and contribute to reviewer

fatigue.

In 2008, many problems arose with the changeover to the new version of Manuscript Central. While there are

many useful new features, it is also more difficult to use and there were several glitches associated with papers

submitted under the old system. These will likely be associated with a short-term increase in paper handling time.

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In addition, some of the reporting from MC is not reliable. It would be valuable for IEEE to invest in changes to

address some of the problems.

While the journal has made very good progress, more work is needed to continue on its current trajectory. Keeping

the turnaround time down still requires quite a lot of personal follow-up by the EIC. Again, changes to MC could

help with this. It would also be useful to reduce the time allowed to authors for returning final materials to two

weeks. Exceptions are always allowed when there are extenuating circumstances, so reducing the posted time

could reduce the average without creating an undo burden on authors. Probably the two biggest areas of concern

are: i) further reducing the turnaround time, and ii) effective publication to subscribers and click-to-view

capabilities for the Table of Contents to ensure the success of electronic publication. Compared to five years ago,

the potential competition from other journals is much greater now, and we should aim for the move to electronic

publication to be an unqualified success.





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Ali Sayed Member

David Daut Member

Joe Tront Member





















standards.












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(Name – Title)

(Name – Title)

(Name – Title)

(Name – Title)
















Transactions Editor in Chief (EIC): (year) to present - (Name)



Magazine Editor in Chief:

2006-2008 – Shih-Fu Chang

Phone (1 212 854 6894) Email ([email protected])

Fax (1 212 932 9421)

2009-2011 – Li Deng

Phone (1-425-706-2719) Email ([email protected])

Fax (1-425-936-7329)

Newsletter Editor in Chief: (year) to present - (Name)





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A. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine

1. Date of first issue –

(1974 through 1980) IEEE Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing Newsletter; (1980-1983) ASSP: The Newsletter of

the IEEE Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing Society; (1984-1990) IEEE ASSP Magazine); (beginning 1991)

IEEE Signal Processing Magazine; (April 2007) Added a new section “Inside Signal Processing E-Newsletter”.


6 issues of print magazines per year, 10 issues of electronic newsletters per year.


Yes



Scope:

IEEE Signal Processing Magazine publishes tutorial-style articles on signal processing research and

applications, as well as columns and forums on issues of interest. Its coverage ranges from fundamental

principles to practical implementation, reflecting the multidimensional facets of interests and concerns of the

community. Its mission is to bring up-to-date emerging and active technical developments, issues, and events to

the research, educational and professional communities. It is also the main society communication platform

addressing important issues concerning all members.

(Approved September 2003 by the SPS Publications Board)

Since April 2007, the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine has introduced a new section of publication - the Inside

Signal Processing E-Newsletter. This electronic newsletter complements the bi-monthly Magazine to serve the members in the IEEE Signal Processing Society. It has been published monthly, except a combined Aug/Sept issue

during summer and Jan/Feb issue during winter. Through email notification and expanded coverage on its website,

the E-Newsletter provides members with timely updates on:

society and technical committee news, conference and publication opportunities, new books, and Ph.D. theses, signal processing related research opportunities, and activities in industry consortiums, local chapters, and government programs.




a. Editorial Board, including the Area Editors, Column and Forum Associate Editors, E-Newsletter Associate

Editors, and the Executive Director and Associate Editor (serving ex-officio, without vote). The Editorial Board is

chaired by the Editor-in-Chief.

b. Editor-in-Chief (responsible for: chairing the Editorial Board; assuring compliance with Society and IEEE policy;

serves as a member of the Society’s Publications Board)

c. Publications Board (all Editors-in-Chief are members of this body which provides oversight for all of the Society’s

publications; establishes procedures for management of the publications; approves special issues; approved

EDICS; recommends page budgets; suggest new publications; etc. The Publications Board is chaired by the Vice

President-Publications.)

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d. Vice President-Publications (chairs the Publications Board; serves on the Society’s Executive Committee and

Board of Governors; appoints, with the advice and consent of the Executive Committee, new Editors-in-Chief;

carries forward to the EXCOM and the Board for action relevant recommendations from the Publications Board.)

e. Executive Committee (provides financial oversight for all publications and publications-related matters; vets

nominations for new Editors-in-Chief; acts for the Board of Governors between meetings; has the ability to act for

any Board-related committees between meetings; carries forward to the Board of Governors items related to

publications policy.)

f. Board of Governors (Has full responsibility for the creation/adoption of policy, including policy relevant to the

Society’s publications; has responsibility for approval of Society budget.)

g. The Society’s Executive Director has also been appointed Associate Editor of the Magazine. In this capacity she

verifies that facts of all editorial material or statements about IEEE and/or the Society; provides editorial and

rewrite assistance on messages from the Society leadership; interfaces with IEEE Media and Publications Editorial

and Production to assure compliance with regulations as well as financial management. She also has written

articles for the Magazine about the Society and is responsible for “Society News” written by staff.



Committee). the membership and function of the Editorial Board.

Society Bylaw 603. Publication Management

603.5. Editorial Board. Each of the publications of the Society shall be guided by an Editorial Board, which shall be

chaired by the Editor-in-Chief. The Society's Executive Director shall serve ex-officio, without vote.



The Associate Editors (30 members) are responsible for reviewing new proposals for Special Issues and feature

articles. Each Associate Editor is appointed a 3-year term, with a rotating retiring schedule (1/3 of AEs retire each

year). The Associate Editors for Columns and Forum (17 members), working with Area Editor for Columns/Forum, are

responsible for planning, reviewing, and editing contents of the 12 on-going columns and 1 forum. They are also

appointed a 3-year term, synchronized with the term of EIC and Area Editor. The Associate Editors for E-Newsletter (5

members), working with Area Editor for E-Newsletter, are responsible for planning, reviewing, and editing contents of

the monthly E-Newsletter. They are appointed a 3-year term, synchronized with the term of EIC and Area Editor. The

society news and calendar are written by staff and coordinated by Executive Director of SPS (who also serves as an

Associate Editor for Signal Processing Magazine).

The makeup of the Editorial Board is described below.

Academia: 40 Industry: 15

Region 1-7 (US and Canada): 41

Region 8 (Europe and Africa): 9

Region 9 (Central and South America): 0

Region 10 (Asia and Pacific): 5

The distribution between industry and academia is satisfactory, while the representation from Region 9 can be further

improved. We plan to address this issue during the replenishment of Associate Editors next year (see Section K Future

Plan).



603.2. Editor-in-Chief Nomination Procedures.

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(a) Nomination. The Vice President-Publications shall solicit, from the retiring Editor-in-Chief and the relevant

Technical Committee(s), nominations for the Editor-in-Chief for the succeeding term. Such solicitation shall

occur no later than six months prior to the conclusion of the current Editor-in-Chief’s term.

Nominations for the Editor-in-Chief shall be restricted to individuals who have previously served as Associate

Editor on an IEEE publication and who are members in good standing of IEEE and of the Society. It is strongly

recommended that a slate of at least two names be brought forward for each position coming vacant.

(b) Willingness to Serve. The Vice President-Publications shall obtain, in writing, from each individual who has

received a nomination, a written assurance of willingness and ability to serve if elected.

Individuals who agree to be nominated shall be required to provide a brief biography and a statement of candidacy.

These shall be circulated to the Executive Committee by the Vice President-Publications, via e-mail, at least six

weeks before the meeting at which the slate of names will be discussed.

The Executive Committee will review the candidate’s biographies and statements of candidacy and shall provide

to the Vice President-Publications, at the meeting, their endorsement of the preferred candidate, along with any

additional comments. Should the Executive Committee not endorse any of the nominees, the Vice President-

Publications shall provide at least two new nominations within one month of the meeting. An e-mail ballot of the

Executive Committee shall then be conducted by the Executive Director and the results reported within 15 days.

Upon endorsement of a nominee by the Executive Committee, the Editor-in-Chief will then be appointed by the

Vice President-Publications. The Vice President-Publications will notify all candidates of the final decision. Once

the candidates have been notified, the Vice President-Publications will notify the Publications Board and the SPS

Publications Office of the outcome of the appointment process.



603.4. Associate Editor. Associate Editors for the publications shall be appointed by the Editors-in-Chief and,

formally, shall have terms of no more than three years. During their formal terms, Associate Editors shall be voting

members of the Editorial Board for the publication to which they were appointed. It shall be understood that,

regardless of the formal term of service, Associate Editors shall serve until their workload has been completed;

however, voting membership on the Editorial Board shall be for the formal term only. Associate Editors may serve

more than one term; however, such terms shall not be consecutive.

The Editor-in-Chief shall also have the right to terminate the terms of Associate Editors. Appeals by Associate

Editors of such action by the Editor-in-Chief may be appealed to the Signal Processing Society Vice President-

Publications, who shall have final authority in the matter.

Signal Processing Magazine follows the above policy in selecting and appointing new AEs. In addition, nominations of

new AEs are sent to the Publication Board for review and approval. Established experiences and recognition are

expected criteria in selecting Associate Editors (e.g., minimal four years after PhD). The AEs for Columns/Forum/E-

Newsletter are nominated by Area Editors, then approved and appointed by Editor-in-Chief.

Training of new AEs is provided by Area Editors and Editor-in-Chief via review of operation guidelines and frequent

consultation.



Proposals for Special Issues are received by Area Editor of Special Issues, who verifies compliance of format and

scope, and if satisfactory, forwards them to Associate Editors for review. The reviews and discussions are conducted

via email. The decisions are made by Area Editor and Editor-in-Chief, based on the reviews and recommendations by

Associate Editors. Proposing Guest Editors are expected to meet criteria of qualification similar to those for Associate

Editors (e.g., recognized contributions in related fields and minimal 4 years of experience after PhD). Accepted special

issues are advertised through email broadcast and announcements in conferences. Each submission in response to the

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CFP of special issues is subject to a two-stage review – one for white papers (2-3 pages) and one for full-length

manuscripts. Only authors receiving favorable reviews and decisions in the white paper stage are invited to submit full-

length manuscripts, which are again subject to peer review and accept/reject decisions.

Reviews of submissions in response to CFP of a special issue are managed by Guest Editors. White paper submissions

are reviewed and decided by Guest Editors. In this case, Guest Editors serve in the role of the Associate Editors in

reviewing/deciding white papers. They are recognized leaders in the proposed areas and thus are qualified for assuming

such responsibilities. Authors of the accepted white papers are invited to submit full-length manuscripts, which are

then assigned among the Guest Editors. Each Guest Editor will then invite expert reviewers (usually 3 or more) to

provide blind peer review and recommendation for each paper. The final decisions of the full manuscripts are

recommended by the Guest Editors collectively, and approved by the Area Editor for Special Issue.

Proposals for tutorial papers not responding to any special issue may be submitted to Area Editor of Feature Article.

Such proposals, in the form of white papers (2-3 pages), are forwarded to Associate Editors for review. The decisions

are made by Area Editor and Editor-in-Chief, based on the reviews and recommendations by Associate Editors. Only

authors receiving favorable reviews and decisions in the white paper stage are invited to submit full-length

manuscripts, which are again subject to blind peer review and accept/reject decisions. The review of a full-length

manuscript is typically assigned to one of the Associate Editors, except in some cases external experts are solicited to

coordinate review if needed expertise cannot be found among the existing Associate Editors.

Contents of the Columns, Forum, and E-Newsletter are planned, reviewed, and edited by dedicated Associate Editors,

each (in some cases two Associate Editors jointly) responsible for a specific column, forum, or newsletter section. In

some cases, additional reviews by external experts are also solicited. The papers and final schedules of columns and e-

newsletter are reviewed and approved by the Area Editors and the Editor-in-Chief.

The lineup of columns/forum (15) includes the following.

In The Spotlight

Reader’s Choice

DSP Tips and Tricks

Lecture Notes

Leadership Reflections (retired)

DSP History

DSP Education

DSP Forum

DSP Applications

Exploratory DSP

Life Sciences

Standards

Best of the Web

Book Review

New Products (retired)

Sections in the E-Newsletter include the following.

Conference and publication news

News and activities of SPS Technical Committees, industry consortiums and international standards

News and activities in local chapters and research groups

Online submission and production system

Editorials, President’s Messages, and other special news items undergo review and fact-checking by the Executive

Director who may also provide editorial recommendations. The Society News, publication of bylaws changes,

amendments to the Conference Calendar, and placement of some advertising items are the purview of the Executive

Director who also serves as Associate Editor for the Magazine.

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D. TIMELINESS



Out of the 29 issues published to date in the 5-year window, the following 4 issues were mailed late: January 2004,

January 2005, July 2007, and September 2007. They were mainly due to delay in completing review/decision of

special session papers by Guest Editors. Since the magazine relies on extensive editing staff support shared among

multiple magazines, a short slip in missing the target date for delivering final manuscripts to the editing office

sometimes result in a large delay in production and final mail delivery. In view of this, whenever possible we tried

to move earlier the deadlines of review milestones so that there is room to accommodate unexpected delay. The

Area Editor and EIC have also taken a stricter approach to monitoring the review status and enforcing deadlines.







(Review Timeliness)

The majority (185 out of 222, 83%) of the full-length manuscripts published in Signal Processing Magazine are

submitted in response to CFP of special issues. Reviews and decisions of such special issues are operated in a very

timely manner. The time for completing the white paper review/decision is about 1 month, and the time for

completing the full manuscript review and final decision is usually within 4 months. The time from submission of

full manuscripts to final publication is usually 8 or 9 months. These are consistent with the common practices for

organizing special issues.

The time for completing reviews and final decision for unsolicited tutorial-style overview papers (not responding

to CFP of special issues) is longer than the above. It can be up to one year, and in few cases more than 1 year. This

is due to the large size of the articles (up to 40 manuscript pages and 50 references) and the breadth of the

overview articles. The time from final acceptance to publication is determined by placement of the article within

the editorial calendar so that the paper subjects match the themes of the special section.

(Acceptance Rate)

The rate between the number of final published papers and the total number of submitted white papers in response

to CFP of special issues is about 21% when computed over a window approximately spanning the last three years.

The acceptance rate for unsolicited proposals for feature articles (not responding to SI CFP) is about 33%.

Signal Processing Magazine does not employ the Manuscript Central (MC) system for managing the paper

process. A volunteer-built customized system (developed by Prof. Ray Liu’s group of UMD) has been used. The

proprietary system was designed considering the unique nature that most of the papers published in the magazine

are for special issues and a two-stage review process (white paper and full manuscript) is utilized for every issue,

different from the standard function supported by the MC system. Currently we do not have tools to extract the

statistics listed in the following table. However, we have tried best efforts to manually summarize data showing

similar information (see above). The new volunteer editorial team (2009-2011) has started to explore the

possibility of moving the review system to MC.

In the table below, we only include the total number of papers published in each year.



5 4 3 2 1


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1 Papers submitted


quality, etc.








45* 58 43 41 35




N/A



7






* up to the Sept. 2008 issue.




than one region).

2008 2007 2006 2005 2004


Regions 1 – 6 (U.S.A.) 59 45 58 72 63





COMMENTS:

The geographic distribution of authors reflects a trend of increasing contributions by authors in Region 8

(Europe/Africa), while the representation by Region 9 is notably low.



None


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IEEE- Society Title & # Signal Processing - 01 Name/s of Pubs. Signal Processing Magazine

ITEM 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008B 2009B

Pages/Year 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

(actual)

Issues/Year 494 664 816 755 952 993 864

Subscribers Regular Member - Combo 12859 12533 12324 12102 11627 12952 11208






Subscription Rates (Bundled w/ Membership) Regular/Affiliate Member - Combo 24 25 27 27 27 28 29





S/C Fees (Bundled) 326.8 325.1 344.5 339.9 330.9 353.3 359.2

Advertising - External Ads 93.3 98.4 101.1 99.1 97.7 105.4 103.4

Advertising - Internal Ads 0.0 0.0 (0.2) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


Subscriptions - NM Shanghai 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.4 20.1 19.1 15.1

Subscriptions- Corporate & Library Single Article 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.0


IEL 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Airfreight Charges Billed to Members 27.9 41.7 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.6

Subscriptions - Student Library Plan 0.8 1.6 0.0 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.9

Miscellaneous (2.4) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Total Income 698.3 797.9 815.4 796.7 771.4 731.2 731.7

2nd Class - Edit US 11.8 13.5 13.7 11.6 14.8 16.8 12.8


Air Freight 29.0 54.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Freight & Other 2.8 3.7 3.9 5.9 4.3 8.4 3.8

Text Paper 26.6 34.0 58.3 55.6 62.7 80.1 56.9

Press Work Printing 67.7 83.2 75.5 75.1 87.0 103.0 72.7

Mailing - Print Ed 11.5 10.8 10.8 11.7 11.9 16.1 10.0



Bad Debt Allowance 0.0 0.0 (1.1) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


Camera Work Print Set Up 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Editorial Reimbursed Exp 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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Composition- Edit 1.6 4.6 8.1 7.4 8.3 10.1 7.6


Reprinting-Prt Ed(Color Graphics Recovery) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Market Research 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Other Advertising 2.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0


Pursvc-Indexing 0.9 0.9 2.5 1.5 1.4 1.2 0.9


Pursvc-Pub Admin 5.0 5.1 7.6 6.1 5.8 7.4 6.8




Pursvc-XPLORE 0.0 9.6 9.6 8.7 5.0 5.6 7.4


Salesman Commissions-Outside 0.0 9.3 15.9 10.1 14.4 21.1 20.7

Pursvc-Media Sales Advertising 17.2 15.6 16.3 16.0 10.5 16.9 16.5

Pursvc-Magazines & Newsletters Production 13.6 14.8 12.3 12.0 9.8 12.7 12.4

Salesmen Commissions 14.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


Unidentified and Misc Other Expense 0.6 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0


Rmb Services-other 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Total Reimbursed Services 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


Total Net 303.3 327.0 285.2 276.1 172.8 (1.5) 208.0



The actual page usage in the past 5 years (listed below) has been stable, thanks to the successful advance planning

of editorial calendar and the careful process we have adopted in page allocation.

2004: 656 pages

2005: 817 pages

2006: 824 pages

2007: 952 pages

2008: 933 pages/budgeted; 900 pages/projected






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Compliance. The Society complies with all IEEE policies and procedures; this compliance is reinforced by the fact

that production of the Society’s publications is accomplished in-house. The Society has rigorous standards which do

not conflict with those established by IEEE.




Previous review: Feb. 2004

Comments from previous review:

For many years now, the Signal Processing Magazine has been a highly respected and well-read periodical.

Traditionally the Magazine has combined tutorial articles with timely research articles that are easy to read,

with Society news and announcements. The impact factor speaks for its popularity and quality.

Recommendations from previous review:

In addition to spotting difficulties and offering trouble shooting suggestions with respect to quality and

timeliness, one of the primary functions of the Periodicals Review Committee in the review process is to pass

along helpful practices it has learned form other society periodicals reviews. Thus, in light of the comments

given above, and in the spirit of best practices, the Committee offers the following recommendations:

We recommend that the Society incorporate a level of approval for Associate Editor appointments; this

could be at the level of the Publications Board. The intent is to build in a system of checks and balances, as

well as provide an additional “set of eyes” to oversee this very important appointment process, rather than

leave it in the hands of a single person.

We recommend that the Society make a serious effort to involve the EIC in final stages of this report and


critical role in making sure the periodical is produced in a timely fashion.

Responses:

There has been a new level of approval adopted across all publications in the society. Nominations of new

Associate Editors now need to be sent to the Publication Board (usually via email) for review and approval.

This report has been prepared by the outgoing EIC (Shih-Fu Chang, term 2006-8), with input from the

incoming EIC (Li Deng, term 2009-2011) and support of staff in data collection, proofreading, and fact

checking. At least one of the EICs will attend the review meeting in 2009 either in person or by phone.

J. NOTABLE FEATURES


Most of the issues are dedicated to special topics, each of which includes a coherent set of papers centered around

an important theme. The thirteen special issues published during the recent 3 years spanned an amazingly wide

spectrum of topics, ranging from sampling theories, through communication/networking, speech/spoken language,

brain computer interface, 3D imaging, multimedia, machine learning, to genomics and bio-imaging. This list is

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accompanied by a family of 15 vibrant columns and forums designed specifically to meet diverse functions and

needs of the readers.

To recognize the contributions of the columns, we established in 2007 a new best paper award to recognize the

most promising and influential paper published in SPM columns, in addition to an existing award that recognizes

the best paper published in SPM.

In addition, we celebrate the launching and continued success of a new component of SPM – Inside Signal

Processing E-newsletter. Starting in April 2007, this monthly communication over electronic media (both email

and Web) has played an increasingly important role in ensuring seamless, timely dissemination of information

about people, events, and activities in our community.

K. FUTURE PLANS


We are extremely pleased to witness the continued success of the Signal Processing Magazine in publishing

influential high-quality papers, relevant and popular columns, and informative newsletters. This also marks the

transition to a new volunteer team covering the term 2009-2011. With the ingested new blood, we look forward to

making further progress, initially focusing on the following areas.

1. Introduction of online Web-based components: We will explore innovative mechanisms and adequate

governance schemes to foster broader inclusion of digital content and stimulate communication between

authors and readers. For example, an online digital repository may be used to host software, demos, data

sets that accompany articles published in the print magazine. A Web-2.0 style tool may also be deployed

to host Q&A and follow-up discussion of topics covered in the magazine. Such new components are

particularly suitable for Signal Processing Magazine, since its materials are more accessible than those in

regular transactions. Several columns (like “In the Spotlight” and “Exploratory DSP”) track the hot topics

in the news or community and often attract a significant level of interest from broad audience.

2. We have started to explore the possibility of moving the paper submission/review system to IEEE

Manuscript Central. If the unique requirements for managing special issues and two-stage peer review

can be adequately accommodated, we plan to complete such migration process soon.

3. In view of the historical lacking of representation from Region 9 (Central and South America) on the

Editorial Board, we will make efforts to recruit Associate Editors with relevant qualification from that

region. We hope such an expanded connection will help facilitate more involvement of members and

boost society and IEEE related activities in that region.

4. To expand the technical scope and broaden participation, starting from 2009 we plan to actively solicit

contributions from constituent technical committees of the society to cover “hot topics” from different

subareas, with emphasis on cross-disciplinary ideas. Collaboration with external fields outside Signal

Processing Society will also be encouraged, e.g., climate research, life/bio science, civic infrastructure,

etc.

L. SELF ASSESSMENT











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Signal Processing Magazine has made influential contributions to the society and IEEE. It continues to be one of

the top publications with the highest impact, based on ISI impact factor and other metrics shown below.

2007 ISI Journal Citation Report for Signal Processing Magazine:

Impact Factor: 2.907 (rank 5th

among 200+ journals and transactions in the electric and electronic area)

Cited Half Life: 5.8

Immediacy Index: 0.338

The following statistics also shows IEEE Xplore usage in terms of total "hits" for papers published in Signal

Processing Magazine. The numbers have been very impressive, showing a consistent rising trend. A large number

of SPM papers (10) have appeared in the 100 most frequently downloaded papers in IEEE Xplore database during

the period from Nov. 2007 to Apr. 2008. Several columns have been very popular, such as “DSP History”, “Tips

and Tricks”, and the recently added “Standards in A Nutshell”.

(IEEE Xplore usage: # of hits for Signal Processing Magazine)

2008

181,032 (Jan. 2008 July 2008)

2007

259,490

2006

257,129

2005

242,829

2004

213,452





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Ali Sayed Member

David Daut Member

Joe Tront Member





















standards.












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(Name – Title)

(Name – Title)

(Name – Title)

(Name – Title)



















Magazine (Newsletter) Editor in Chief: (year) to present - (Name)










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TRANSACTION(S)


A. IEEE Signal Processing Letters

1. Date of first issue – 1994

2. Frequency of publication – 1994-2007: 12 issues per year; From January 2008: electronic-only publication (there

are no issues)

3. Is subscription to this periodical included in the Society membership fee? yes


1. Please provide the formal scope of this Transactions, as archived when the periodical was established. Current

scope: Augments the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing by providing a venue for short, high-quality papers in all

areas of theory and applications of signal processing as reflected in the EDICS. Represents a means of rapid

publication, particularly of cutting-edge ideas for comment.

2. Comment on the overlap of scope with other IEEE Transactions. No significant overlap, as there is no other

“Letters” periodical in the Society.







Committee). Geographic distribution of the current Associate Editors: North America (48.9%), Europe (38.3%), Asia

(10.6%), and Australia (2.2%). Our Associate Editors represent 14 countries.


4. Describe the process for Associate Editor selection and training, and terms/term limits. Associate Editors are

selected based on their quality as researchers, visibility, reviewer history, and dedication and willingness to serve.

Editorial Board meets in person once per year (at ICASSP) to discuss the main issues. Also, EIC coaches Associate

Editors by maintaining regular and frequent contact with them via e-mail.

D. QUALITY






manuscripts without review). The process is documented, step-by-step, in the Society’s Guide for Associate Editors,

see http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/publications/guides/associate-editors/. There are no special issues in the

IEEE Signal Processing Letters. Immediate rejects can be made by EIC based on initial screening, to reject manuscripts

that are obviously below the minimum submission quality.

E. TIMELINESS


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corrective action plan. Not applicable because of electronic-only publication







5 4 3 2 1





quality, etc.

166 283 166 50 34








76 210 226 205 170




70.8 70.1 73.8 74.1


1.2 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.8


1.3 1.5 1.7 1.9 2.1

7


5.5 9.5 8.2 8.4 11.6




than one region).

2008 2007 2006 2005 2004


Regions 1 – 6 (U.S.A.) 13 14 18 24 23





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COMMENTS: Other papers from row 3: withdrawn papers.



publishers. Briefly compare the scope and status of the five most important of these. Main competitor

publications are: the IEEE Trans. Signal Processing, IEEE Trans. Communications, IEEE Trans. Wireless

Communications, EURASIP Signal Processing Journal, IEEE Communications Letters, and Research Letters in Signal

Processing. The competition with the IEEE Communications Letters and Research Letters in Signal Processing is most

strong as the objective of these periodicals is also quick publication of short letters in signal processing-related areas.

There is a certain competition with the IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless

Communications, and EURASIP Signal Processing Journal which publish “Letter” or “Fast communication” type of

manuscripts. However, the review and publication times in these periodicals are substantially longer than in the IEEE

Signal Processing Letters. The competition with IEEE Trans. Signal Processing is not significant because there are not

many correspondence items in IEEE Trans. Signal Processing nowadays, and the novelty of IEEE Trans. Signal

Processing correspondences is typically lower than that of its full papers.






follows:



Impact factor: 1.115 (source: Thompson ISI Web of Knowledge)



Cited half-life: 5.2, Citing half-life: 7.5 (source: Thompson ISI Web of Knowledge)



Immediacy index: 0.123


IEEE- Society Title & # Signal Processing - 01 Name/s of Pubs. Signal Processing Letters

ITEM 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008B 2009B

Pages/Year 432 1043 956 844 1104 1480 960

(actual)

Issues/Year 12 13 12 12 12 12 12

Subscribers Regular Member - Print 1114 0 0 0 0 0 0





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Other Member - Elec 0 6 7 7 7 0 0 Regular/Affiliate Member - General Interest Elec 0 0 0 0 0 675 745






12 13 13 13 0 0



S/C Electronic 3.1 3.2 3.8 4.1 4.1 0.0 0.0


Subscription- NM Individual 13.1 21.7 27.0 70.3 56.7 60.8 60.3

Subscriptions - NM Shanghai 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.3 13.6 10.3 Subscription- Corporate & Library Single Article 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0


IEL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0



Reprints S/C 0.0 2.6 1.7 1.0 0.5 1.0 0.5

Miscellaneous 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Total Income 196.5 322.8 291.3 351.1 377.4 291.4 299.4

2nd Class - Edit US 2.7 2.1 1.7 1.6 1.3 0.6 0.2


Freight & Other Carriage 0.8 1.1 0.8 1.1 1.0 0.4 0.2

Air Freight 1.0 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0

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Text Paper 3.8 6.5 6.6 5.5 5.6 1.9 0.9

Press Work-Print 12.0 16.7 17.6 16.1 13.8 16.9 7.2

Binding-Print-Ed 2.4 2.5 2.4 1.9 1.5 2.0 0.8

Mailing-Print Ed 6.9 5.1 5.0 5.3 4.4 5.5 2.3



Bad debt Allowance 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 (0.2) 0.2 (0.2)

Editor Fee 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


Editorial Reimbursed Expenses 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Composition 5.9 10.8 8.4 10.3 6.9 19.6 7.1

Camera Work-Print Set 2.8 5.4 5.6 5.4 3.5 9.6 3.1

Reprinting-Prt Ed (1.2) (2.6) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0



Pursvc-Indexing 0.1 1.3 2.1 1.9 2.2 0.9 0.5


Pursvc - Pub Admin 7.6 9.3 8.7 8.2 9.8 12.5 9.7






Pursvc-XPLORE 0.0 9.6 9.6 8.7 5.0 5.6 7.4




PurSvc-Other 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


Rmb Services-other 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Total Reimbursed Services 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


Total Net 100.3 162.8 143.5 211.0 228.9 91.5 167.0





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K. NOTABLE FEATURES



2008 (mo.)

2007 2006 2005 2004

# Xplore “hits” 116,267 211,738 184,715 194,177 166,659


L. FUTURE PLANS


M. SELF ASSESSMENT





Index.





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D. TIMELINESS











5 4 3 2 1



1 Papers submitted


quality, etc.











N/A



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than one region).

2008 2007 2006 2005 2004



Region 7 (Canada)

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COMMENTS:


















J. NOTABLE FEATURES


K. FUTURE PLANS


L. SELF ASSESSMENT




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A. IEEE (TITLE)







Committee).


C. TIMELINESS


action plan:
















H. NOTABLE FEATURES

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I. FUTURE PLANS


J. SELF ASSESSMENT







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SIGNAL PROCESSING SOCIETY – SP01

Scheduled date of Review – 12 February 2009












Ali Sayed Member

David Daut Member

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standards.












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(Name – Title)

(Name – Title)

(Name – Title)

(Name – Title)



















Magazine (Newsletter) Editor in Chief: (year) to present - (Name)










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TRANSACTION(S)


A. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION FORENSICS AND SECURITY

1. Date of first issue – March 2005

2. Frequency of publication – 4 issues per year




Scope: The aim of the IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security is to provide a unified locus for

archival research on the fundamental contributions and the mathematics behind information forensics, information

security, surveillance, and systems applications that incorporate these features.

Technical topics within the scope include:

Digital rights management technology, including watermarking and fingerprinting of images, video, and audio;

Steganography and steganalysis;

Tampering, modification of, and attacks on, original information;

Signal processing for biometrics;

Signal processing for forensic analysis;

Signal modeling and channel modeling for secure content delivery;

Quality metrics and benchmarking;

Technical analysis of system vulnerabilities;

Content identification and secure content delivery;

Information embedding and media annotation;

The interplay of technology with legal and ethical issues.


At the time T-IFS was created, the policy of the SP Society was to direct all security-related submissions to T-IFS.

This was done to boost T-IFS in its initial phase and to minimize overlap. This policy has been reversed in 2007.

As a result, T-IFS must now compete with T-SP and T-IP for security-related papers. Overlap with other

Transactions is relatively small. Some overlap with T-PAMI exists in the biometrics area, and with T-SDC in the

computer security area.


The hierarchy of management follows:

a. Associate Editors: appointed by the Editor-in-Chief, responsible for handling paper review.

b. Editorial Board (Comprised of the Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editors.)

c. Editor-in-Chief (responsible for: chairing the Editorial Board; assuring compliance with Society and

IEEE policy; serves as a member of the Society’s Publications Board)

d. Publications Board (all Editors-in-Chief are members of this body which provides oversight for all of the

Society’s publications; establishes procedures for management of the publications; approves special

issues; approved EDICS; recommends page budgets; suggest new publications; etc. The Publications

Board is chaired by the Vice President-Publications.)

e. Vice President-Publications (chairs the Publications Board; serves on the Society’s Executive Committee

and Board of Governors; appoints, with the advice and consent of the Executive Committee, new Editors-

in-Chief; carries forward to the EXCOM and the Board for action relevant recommendations from the

Publications Board.)

f. Executive Committee (provides financial oversight for all publications and publications-related matters;

vets nominations for new Editors-in-Chief; acts for the Board of Governors between meetings; has the

ability to act for any Board-related committees between meetings; carries forward to the Board of

Governors items related to publications policy.)

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g. Board of Governors (Has full responsibility for the creation/adoption of policy, including policy relevant

to the Society’s publications; has responsibility for approval of Society budget.)

h. Staff (The Society employs three staff who, under the supervision of a Publications Manager, and guided

by the Executive Director, move manuscripts through the Manuscript Central system. These four staff

(three Administrative Assistants and Publications Manager) also maintain databases and policy and

procedural documents; provide support to the Vice President-Publications and the Editors-in-Chief;

support the meeting of the Publications Board; manage page budgets and other budgets.)




N/A


industrial, and so forth) of the group of Associate Editors (for example, the Transactions Editorial Board or

Committee).

The Editorial board is a diverse body currently comprised of 19 associate editors, including 4 women. Its

geographical distribution is as follows: US (10), Europe (7), and Asia (2).

3. Describe the process for Editor-in-Chief (EIC) selection and training, and terms/term limits. Society Bylaw 603. Publication Management

603.1 Editor-in-Chief

Editor-in-Chief. Each of the publications of the Society shall be managed by an Editor-in-Chief who shall

be appointed by the Vice President-Publications, in consultation with the relevant Technical

the Vice President-Publications, in consultation with the relevant Technical in consultation with the relevant

Technical Committee and with the consent of the Executive Committee. The Editor-in-Chief shall serve for three

years, non-renewable. The Editor-in-Chief shall be responsible for implementing the publication. He/she shall chair

the Editorial Board for the publication and also serve as a member of the Society's Publications Board. The Signal

Processing Society provides an orientation session for its incoming Editor-in Chief.


(a) Nomination. The Vice President-Publications shall solicit, from the retiring Editor-in-Chief and the

relevant Technical Committee(s), nominations for the Editor-in-Chief for the succeeding term. Such

solicitation shall occur no later than six months prior to the conclusion of the current Editor-in-Chief’s

term.

Nominations for the Editor-in-Chief shall be restricted to individuals who have previously served as

Associate Editor on an IEEE publication and who are members in good standing of IEEE and of the

Society. It is strongly recommended that a slate of at least two names be brought forward for each

position coming vacant.

(b) Willingness to Serve. The Vice President-Publications shall obtain, in writing, from each individual

who has received a nomination, a written assurance of willingness and ability to serve if elected.

Individuals who agree to be nominated shall be required to provide a brief biography and a statement of

candidacy. These shall be circulated to the Executive Committee by the Vice President-Publications, via

e-mail, at least six weeks before the meeting at which the slate of names will be discussed.

The Executive Committee will review the candidates biographies and statements of candidacy and shall

provide to the Vice President-Publications, at the meeting, their endorsement of the preferred candidate,

along with any additional comments. Should the Executive Committee not endorse any of the nominees,

the Vice President-Publications shall provide at least two new nominations within one month of the

meeting. An e-mail ballot of the Executive Committee shall then be conducted by the Executive Director

and the results reported within 15 days.

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Upon endorsement of a nominee by the Executive Committee, the Editor-in-Chief will then be appointed

by the Vice President-Publications. The Vice President-Publications will notify all candidates of the final

decision. Once the candidates have been notified, the Vice President-Publications will notify the

Publications Board and the SPS Publications Office of the outcome of the appointment process.


New members of the Editorial Board are appointed by the EIC, based on nominations and voting by the

current members of the board, and subject to approval by the society’s Publications Board. Board members serve

for a three-year term. No formal training process is currently in place, given the senior experience level of the

board members.

D. QUALITY







Each Associate Editor (AE) is assigned a certain number of EDICS (code names for research topics) that s/he is

an expert in. Papers are assigned to Associate Editors based on EDICS match and workload balance. In

average, each AE handles no more than three paper per month. Each paper is sent to at least three reviewers,

but only two reviews are needed to make a decision. This accounts for the fact that some reviewers accept their

invitation but do not turn in their review in time (if at all). Special issues are organized by a Guest Lead Editor,

who is the point of contact for the EIC. The Guest Lead Editor supervises the team of Guest Editors. Reviewing

policy is the same as for regular Transactions submissions. Administrative rejects are decided by the EIC upon

recommendation from the staff or from the Associate Editor, and are made in case the submission is either

noncompliant or of very poor quality. The process is documented, step by step, in the Society’s Guide for

Associate Editors, see http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/publications/guides/associate-editors/. The

Society’s Guide for Special Issues may be found at

http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/publications/guides/special-issues/

E. TIMELINESS



Each issue has been mailed on time.


http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/publications/guides/special-issues/

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5 4 3 2 1



1 Papers submitted 148 258 232 111


quality, etc.

2 3 3 1

3 Papers to be peer reviewed (row 1 less row 2) 146 255 229 110

3a Papers from Row 3 eventually rejected 46 162 146 75

3b Papers from Row 3 in review process 81 16 0 0

3c Papers from Row 3 being revised by authors 8 1 0 0

3d Other papers from Row 3 (explain in comments below) 4 17 13 1

3e Papers from Row 3 queued for publication 4 2 0 0


2008-3 2007-10

2008- 47

2006- 8

2007- 55

2008- 7

2006-30

2007- 4

4 Total: Rows 3a –3f, should equal Row 3 146 255 229 110



N/A 64% 64% 68%


2.9 3.4 3.0 3.5


3.7 4.4 4.6 5.7

7


14.4 10.8 14.1 0

First Issue

Published

March

2006

Geographical distribution of authors (percentage of total) of published papers in the year of

publication (not year of submission). Use current location of author as shown in the

Biography. Count all authors of a paper (a set of authors may represent more than one region).

2008 2007 2006 2005 2004


Regions 1 – 6 (U.S.A.) 43 37 57

Region 7 (Canada) 4 0 5

Region 8 (Europe/Africa) 38 43 19

Region 9 (Central/South America) 0 0 0

Region 10 (Asia/Pacific) 15 20 19

COMMENTS:

3d The papers from row 3 were withdrawn.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------

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In the March 2005 inaugural issue of the “IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics

and Security”, nine authors who had submitted their manuscripts to the “IEEE

Transactions on Signal Processing Special Issue, Supplement on Secure Media 2005”

agreed to have their manuscripts published in the inaugural issue.




Current competitors are also new journals, including:

- IET Information Security

- International Journal of Information Security (Springer)

- EURASIP Journal on Information Security

These journals have a somewhat more a narrow scope. The nature of the papers they publish is sometimes different.

For instance, IET Information Security publishes fewer shorter papers, and has cryptography as its main theme.

International Journal of Information Security also publishes fewer papers, with more emphasis on computer

security. EURASIP Journal on Information Security, created a few years after TIFS, is the only journal whose

scope is similar to TIFS. It is also an open-access journal. Its editorial board is good but less prestigious than the

TIFS editorial board.






follows:








IEEE- Society Title & # Signal Processing – 01 Name/s of Pubs. Transaction on Information, Forensics, and Security

ITEM 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008B 2009B

Pages/Year

580 836 824 1050

(actual)

Issues/Year

4 4 4 4

Subscribers Regular Member - General Interest Print

60 67 69 30

Student Member - General Interest Print

26 19 17 20

Affiliate Member - General Interest Print

12 7 7 7

Retired Member - General Interest Print

1 1 1 1

Other Member - General Interest Print

14 9 10 5

Regular Member - Elec

85 129 127 140

Student Member - Elec

29 33 35 20

Affiliate Member - Elec

1 2 2 2

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Retired Member - Elec

1 1 1 0

Other Member - Elec

6 10 11 12

Regular Member - Combo

157 204 207 215

Student Member - Combo

44 50 50 30

Affiliate Member - Combo

0 6 6 3

Retired Member - Combo

3 4 4 5


21 35 38 21

Regular Member - General Interest Combo

0 0 0 3

Student Member - General Interest Combo

0 0 0 5

Affiliate Member - General InterestCombo

0 0 0 0

Retired Member - General Interest Combo

0 0 0 0

Other Member - General Interest Combo

0 0 0 0

Individual Non-member - Electronic

4 1 11 1

Individual Non-member - Combo

3 7 8 7

Subscription Rates Regular/Affiliate Member - General Interest Print

32 32 36 36


16 16 18 18


16 16 18 18

Regular/Affiliate Member - Elec

16 16 18 18


8 8 9 9

Other Member - Elec

8 8 9 9

Regular/Affiliate Member - Combo

32 32 36 36


16 16 18 18


16 16 18 18

Regular/Affiliate Member - General Interest Combo

0 0 844 869


0 0 422 435


0 0 422 435


648 648 675 695


810 810 844 869

Income S/C Fees Hard Copy

0.0 2.4 2.6 3.2 1.8

S/C Electronic

0.0 1.5 2.2 2.7 2.8

S/C Package (Print & Electronic)

0.0 5.3 7.6 9.3 8.9

Subscription- NM Individual

0.2 4.0 2.1 6.8 6.1

Subscriptions - NM Shanghai

0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.3

Subscription- NM Electronic

0.0 7.1 0.6 7.4 0.7

Subscription- NM (Print & Electronic)

0.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.0

Subscriptions - APP/IEL/MDL

0.0 21.6 53.2 38.6 49.9

IEL

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Airfreight Charges Billed - Members

0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.3

Voluntary Page Charges

0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.8

Overlength Paper Charges

0.0 40.7 31.7 40.7 31.7

Miscellaneous

0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0

Total Income 0.0 0.0 0.2 82.6 107.5 109.2 103.2

2nd Class - Edit US

0.0 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.6

2nd Class - Edit Non US

0.0 1.1 2.9 1.9 4.0

Freight & Other Carriage

0.0 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6

Air Freight

0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1

Text Paper

0.0 2.9 3.1 5.1 4.1

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Press Work-Print

0.0 6.5 8.6 9.9 11.0

Binding-Print-Ed

0.0 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.0

Mailing-Print Ed

0.0 1.6 1.6 2.5 2.1


Copyright Filing Fee

0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0

Bad debt Allowance

0.0 0.2 (0.2) 0.2 (0.2)

Editor Fee

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Manuscript Central

1.2 2.9 3.1 2.9 3.2

Editorial Reimbursed Expenses

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Composition

0.0 4.2 8.1 6.1 10.4

Camera Work-Print Set

0.0 3.1 2.8 4.5 3.7

Reprinting-Prt Ed

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Pursvc - Overlength Page Charges

0.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0

Pursvc - Voluntary Page Charges

0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2

Pursvc-Editorial

0.0 29.0 46.0 51.9 68.5

Pursvc-Indexing

0.0 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.6

Pursvc-Composition Electronic

0.0 0.8 0.9 1.4 1.8

Pursvc - Pub Admin

0.0 4.4 5.9 6.1 7.7

Pursvc- Authoring Tools

0.0 1.2 1.9 3.1 3.2

Pursvc-Subscription Handling

0.0 3.2 3.0 3.4 4.1

Pursvc-Manuscript Central

0.1 4.2 2.8 0.7 0.8

Pursvc-Manuscript Central ADMIN

4.1 0.0 0.0 2.3 2.3


Pursvc-XPLORE

0.0 8.7 5.0 5.6 7.4


Other Advertising & Promotion

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0

Commissions - Shanghai

0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0

Prior Year Expense

0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0


Rmb Services-other

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Rmb Services-ASPP

0.0 (4.4) (4.6) (6.5) 0.0

Total Reimbursed Services 0.0 0.0 0.0 (4.4) (4.6) (6.5) 0.0


Total Net 0.0 0.0 (5.2) 9.9 12.0 4.1 (34.6)





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T-IFS is in compliance with the above policies and procedures.




N/A: T-IFS is a new publication.

K. NOTABLE FEATURES



2008

January thru July

2007 2006 2005 2004

# Xplore “hits” 21408 30607 15831


L. FUTURE PLANS


The term of the current EIC, Pierre Moulin, expires at the end of 2008. His successor, Nasir Memon, will take

over on January 1, 2009. The outgoing and incoming EICs have worked to make the transition a smooth one and

have discussed future plans. A primary focus will be to expand the scope of T-IFS to areas of information security

and forensics that could be better represented in the journal. This will be accomplished via special issues and a

substantial advertising effort outside the Signal Processing community.

M. SELF ASSESSMENT





Index.

Since T-IFS is a new journal, the primary challenge has been to establish it promptly as the leading journal in

information forensics and security. This goal has been achieved by appointing a strong editorial board and

implementing rigorous paper acceptance standards. This includes accepting only papers that make significant

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contributions to their field, are technically flawless, and are written in proper English. The general feedback from

the community has been that these goals have been satisfied. As mentioned under Item L above, there is room for

expansion and improvements. Doing so while preserving the high quality of the editorial board will be a key

objective for the next few years.





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A. IEEE (TITLE)















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D. TIMELINESS











5 4 3 2 1



1 Papers submitted


quality, etc.











N/A



7









than one region).

2008 2007 2006 2005 2004



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Region 7 (Canada)




COMMENTS:


















J. NOTABLE FEATURES


K. FUTURE PLANS


L. SELF ASSESSMENT



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A. IEEE (TITLE)







Committee).


C. TIMELINESS


action plan:
















H. NOTABLE FEATURES

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I. FUTURE PLANS


J. SELF ASSESSMENT







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A. IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN SIGNAL PROCESSING

1. Date of first issue

June, 2007

2. Frequency of publication

6 issues per year


No.



The scope of the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing (J-STSP), and all of the Society’s

publications, mirrors the scope of the Society’s Field of Interest:

The theory and application of filtering, coding, transmitting, estimating, detecting, analyzing, recognizing,

synthesizing, recording, and reproducing signals by digital or analog devices or techniques. The term signal

includes: audio, video, speech, image, communication, geophysical, sonar, radar, medical, musical, and other

signals.

The particular mission of J-STSP is unique among the Signal Processing Society’s publications, in that every issue

of J-STSP is devoted to a special topic. These topics span the broad range of those covered in the statement of

scope above.


Signal processing is a foundational technology; consequently it is present in virtually all electrical and electronics

applications. It is, therefore, inevitable that signal processing-related manuscripts appear across a broad selection

of other IEEE transactions, journals, and magazines. This is considered inadvertent overlap. However, only the

publications of the IEEE Signal Processing Society are devoted to the science and research of signal processing in

a targeted way.






a. Guest Editors (Each issue of the journal is managed by a team of 3-5 Guest Editors (GEs), with one

individual identified as the Lead GE. The GEs are established researchers in the focus area of the special

issue, or a closely-allied discipline. At a minimum, the GEs should have several years of post-Ph.D.

experience, and a signficant track record of relevant technical publications. The GE team is responsible

for finding reviewers for the papers submitted to their special issue, and for making decisions regarding

the disposition of the submitted papers. GE responsibility extends over only one issue of the journal.)

b. Senior Editorial Board (Comprised of the Editor-in-Chief and 12 senior members of the society.

Responsible for review and approval of all special issue proposals submitted to the journal. Senior

Editorial Board members are senior members of the society with a long track record of accomplishments.

They must have a very broad perspective on signal processing; the type of perspective that comes with

being intimately familiar with the field for many years. Board members are typically at the Full Professor

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level (or equivalent for those in industry), and IEEE Fellows. The Editorial Board is chaired by the

Editor-in-Chief.)

c. Editor-in-Chief (responsible for: chairing the Senior Editorial Board; assuring compliance with Society

and IEEE policy; serves as a member of the Society’s Publications Board)

d. Publications Board (all Editors-in-Chief are members of this body which provides oversight for all of the

Society’s publications; establishes procedures for management of the publications; approves special

issues; approved EDICS; recommends page budgets; suggest new publications; etc. The Publications

Board is chaired by the Vice President-Publications.)

e. Vice President-Publications (chairs the Publications Board; serves on the Society’s Executive Committee

and Board of Governors; appoints, with the advice and consent of the Executive Committee, new Editors-

in-Chief; carries forward to the EXCOM and the Board for action relevant recommendations from the

Publications Board.)

f. Executive Committee (provides financial oversight for all publications and publications-related matters;

vets nominations for new Editors-in-Chief; acts for the Board of Governors between meetings; has the

ability to act for any Board-related committees between meetings; carries forward to the Board of

Governors items related to publications policy.)

g. Board of Governors (Has full responsibility for the creation/adoption of policy, including policy relevant

to the Society’s publications; has responsibility for approval of Society budget.)

h. Staff (The Society employs three staff who, under the supervision of a Publications Manager, and guided

by the Executive Director, move manuscripts through the Manuscript Central system. These four staff

(three Administrative Assistants and Publications Manager) also maintain databases and policy and

procedural documents; provide support to the Vice President-Publications and the Editors-in-Chief;

support the meeting of the Publications Board; manage page budgets and other budgets.)



Committee).

Together with the Editor-in-Chief (EIC), the Senior Editorial Board is responsible for the review and approval of

all special issue proposals submitted to the journal. Besides the EIC, there are 12 members of the board. The

current composition of the board can be broken down as follows:

- geographic

Regions 1-6 (USA): 8/12 (67%)

Region 7 (Canada): 0/12 (0%)

Region 8 (Europe/Africa): 3/12 (25%)

Region 9 (Central/South America): 0/12 (0%)

Region 10 (Asia/Pacific) 1/12 (8%)

- academic (11/12, 92%), industry (1/12, 8%)

- gender: male (11/12, 92%), female (1/12, 8%)




(a) Nomination. The Vice President-Publications shall solicit, from the retiring Editor-in-Chief and the

relevant Technical Committee(s), nominations for the Editor-in-Chief for the succeeding term. Such

solicitation shall occur no later than six months prior to the conclusion of the current Editor-in-Chief’s

term.

Nominations for the Editor-in-Chief shall be restricted to individuals who have previously served as

Associate Editor on an IEEE publication and who are members in good standing of IEEE and of the

Society. It is strongly recommended that a slate of at least two names be brought forward for each

position coming vacant.

(b) Willingness to Serve. The Vice President-Publications shall obtain, in writing, from each individual

who has received a nomination, a written assurance of willingness and ability to serve if elected.

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Individuals who agree to be nominated shall be required to provide a brief biography and a statement of

candidacy. These shall be circulated to the Executive Committee by the Vice President-Publications, via

e-mail, at least six weeks before the meeting at which the slate of names will be discussed.

The Executive Committee will review the candidates biographies and statements of candidacy and shall

provide to the Vice President-Publications, at the meeting, their endorsement of the preferred candidate,

along with any additional comments. Should the Executive Committee not endorse any of the nominees,

the Vice President-Publications shall provide at least two new nominations within one month of the

meeting. An e-mail ballot of the Executive Committee shall then be conducted by the Executive Director

and the results reported within 15 days.

Upon endorsement of a nominee by the Executive Committee, the Editor-in-Chief will then be appointed

by the Vice President-Publications. The Vice President-Publications will notify all candidates of the final

decision. Once the candidates have been notified, the Vice President-Publications will notify the

Publications Board and the SPS Publications Office of the outcome of the appointment process.


New members of the Senior Editorial Board are appointed by the EIC, based on nominations and voting by the

current members of the board, and subject to approval by the society’s Publications Board. Board members serve

for a three-year term. No formal training process is currently in place, given the very senior experience level of

the board members.

D. QUALITY







Papers can only be submitted to the journal if they are linked to a particular approved special issue. The process

for submission and approval of special issues is given below:

Procedure for Submitting a Special Issue Proposal

1. Individuals interested in organizing a special issue first identify a suitable topic for the special issue. Any

topic within the scope of the Signal Processing Society is appropriate, although special preference is

given to new and emerging areas. Approval for subjects that have already been the focus of special issues

in other journals is difficult to obtain. A topic must be broad enough to capture a sufficient number of

submissions to support this size of an issue, but not so broad that the acceptance rate is unacceptably low.

2. The proposer assembles a team of 3-5 Guest Editors (GEs), with one individual identified as the Lead

GE. The GEs should be established researchers in the focus area of the special issue, or a closely-allied

discipline. At a minimum, the GEs should have several years of post-Ph.D. experience, and a signficant

track record of relevant technical publications. It is desirable for the GE team to be technically and

geographically balanced.

3. The GE team submits a file containing the following information to the Editor-in-Chief:

o A cover letter that introduces the topic of the proposed special issue and places it in the context

of the Signal Processing Society (note that note all of the members of the editorial board who

review the proposal will be experts in your topic area). The letter should describe why the

proposed topic is timely, why it is of interest to the society's readership, what the current state-

of-the-art is in the area, what open problems have yet to be addressed, research groups around

the world who would be potential contributors to the special issue, etc.

o A draft single-page Call-for-Papers that summarizes the scope of the proposed special issue, lists

the specific topics to be covered, gives a suggested timetable for paper submission and review

(the actual timetable will be negotiated with the Editor-in-Chief upon approval of the proposal),

and provides contact information for the GEs.

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o A one-half page bio-sketch for each of the guest editors, similar to those that appear with a

published Transactions paper. The bios should be careful to identify aspects of the guest editors'

backgrounds that are relevant to the topic of the special issue.

Proposal Approval Process

Upon receipt, the Editor-in-Chief circulates the proposal to the Senior Editorial Board for their comments.

Depending on this feedback, the proposal may be approved, rejected (with appropriate supporting reasons), or

returned to the GEs for additional information. Usually this process will take no more than 2-3 weeks.

Paper Review Process

Once the proposal is approved and the Call-for-Papers is announced, the guest editors are responsible for:

Paper Review: As submissions are received, the Lead GE is responsible for assigning the papers to the

GEs, who in turn are responsible for finding reviewers to assess the quality of the submissions. It is

desirable for each paper to receive three high-quality reviews, although two can suffice if both are

consistent in their opinions.

Accept/Reject Decisions: Keeping in mind the page limitations for J-STSP issues, the GE team works

together to determine which manuscripts will be included in the special issue. It is at this time that

decisions are made regarding the length of the final approved manuscripts; in some instances, it may be

necessary to require authors of accepted papers to shorten their manuscripts so that the page budget of the

special issue is not exceeded. Note that due to the specific timetable for each special issue, papers that

require major revisions may not be suitable candidates for the special issue; authors of such papers may

be encouraged to submit their work elsewhere.

Final Manuscripts/Copyrights: The GEs are responsible for making sure that authors submit their final

manuscripts on time and in the correct format, and for collecting and submitting the required IEEE

copyright forms to the SP Society.

SI Editorial/Organization: The GEs select the order in which the papers will appear in the special issue,

and prepare a 1-1.25 page editorial for inclusion on the special issue that introduces the topic, the general

contributions of the accepted manuscripts, and open areas for future research

E. TIMELINESS



The supply of issues for the journal depends on the submission of special issue proposals by the regular

membership of the IEEE. At the time this report was prepared, the journal was just over one year old. During the

process of establishing an initial queue of approved issues, there were periods where we did not receive a

sufficient number of special issue proposals to maintain our bi-monthly publication schedule. The result is that,

during 2008, there are (or will be) 2-3 issues that are delayed, and that will be mailed after the cover date. The

queue of approved issues is now sufficiently large that, for 2009 and going forward, all issues will be completed

and ready to mail on or before the cover date.

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5 4 3 2 1



1 Papers submitted 250 148 151


quality, etc.

18 24 45

3 Papers to be peer reviewed (row 1 less row 2) 232 124 106

3a Papers from Row 3 eventually rejected 38 61 63

3b Papers from Row 3 in review process 138 0 0

3c Papers from Row 3 being revised by authors 34 0 0

3d Other papers from Row 3 (explain in comments below) 0 0 0

3e Papers from Row 3 queued for publication 22 0 0


0 63 43

4 Total: Rows 3a –3f, should equal Row 3 232 124 106



N/A 49.2 59.4


3.0 3.1 3.3


5.6 6.6 5.3

7


N/A

9.8

9.7

Data for 2008 reflects status as of August 31.




than one region).

2008 2007 2006 2005 2004


Regions 1 – 6 (U.S.A.) 57 64

Region 7 (Canada) 5.5 1

Region 8 (Europe/Africa) 23 23

Region 9 (Central/South America) 1.5 1

Region 10 (Asia/Pacific) 13 11

COMMENTS:

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follows:







Because the scope of this journal covers the breadth of the field of signal processing, and given the ubiquity of

signal processing in electrical engineering applications, there are numerous publications whose topical areas

overlap with those of J-STSP and hence compete for readership. Given the mission of this journal, the highest

degree of competition comes from signal processing-related journals that produce special issues, especially those

within the IEEE Signal Processing Society itself.

A list of competing journals is given below; the five most important of these are indicated by an asterisk, and are

discussed in more detail in what follows:

IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing

*IEEE Signal Processing Magazine

*IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing

IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security

IEEE Transactions on Multimedia

*IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Signal Processing

*EURASIP Journal of Applied Signal Processing

*EURASIP Journal of Wireless Communications and Networking

Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing

Digital Signal Processing: A Review Journal

IEEE Signal Processing Magazine

Scope: IEEE Signal Processing Magazine publishes tutorial-style articles on signal processing research

and applications, as well as columns and forums on issues of interest. Its coverage ranges from

fundamental principles to practical implementation, reflecting the multidimensional facets of interests and

concerns of the community. Its mission is to bring up-to-date emerging and active technical

developments, issues, and events to the research, educational and professional communities. It is also the

main society communication platform addressing important issues concerning all members.

Status/Reputation: High

Comments: Although this magazine focuses on tutorial-style articles, it does produce special issues on

signal processing topics and thus competes indirectly with J-STSP. For example, a recent special issue of

the magazine on a particular topic would preclude that topic from being a candidate for a J-STSP special

issue for a period of time.

IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing

Scope: The IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing covers audio, speech and

language processing and the sciences that support them. In audio processing: transducers, room acoustics,

active sound control, human audition, analysis/synthesis/coding of music, and consumer audio. In speech

processing: areas such as speech analysis, synthesis, coding, speech recognition, speaker recognition,

speech production and perception, and speech enhancement. In language processing: speech

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understanding, spoken language dialog systems, translation, summarization and document retrieval, as

well as general language modeling.


Comments: Currently producing about two special issues per year. J-STSP has had no special issues on

speech-related topics as a result.

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Scope: Each issue of the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (J-SAC) is devoted to a

specific technical topic and thus provides to J-SAC readers a collection of up-to-date papers on that topic.

These issues are valuable to the research community and become valuable references. The technical

topics covered by J-SAC issues span the entire field of communications and networking. J-SAC publishes

only papers that are submitted in response to a Call-for-Papers. These calls are published in J-SAC issues

and other publications of the IEEE Communications Society as appropriate to the subject area of the call.

Papers submitted for review for possible publication in a J-SAC issue must be submitted to one of the

Guest Editors listed in the Call-for-Papers.


Comments: This is the journal that J-STSP was, to a large extent, patterned after. Given the important

technical overlap between signal processing and electronic communications, many special issues that

appear in J-SAC would be appropriate for J-STSP and vice versa.

EURASIP Journal of Applied Signal Processing

Scope: The overall aim of EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing (JASP) is to bring

science and applications together with emphasis on both practical and theoretical aspects of signal

processing in new and emerging technologies. It is directed as much at the practicing engineer as at the

academic researcher. JASP highlights the extended reach and the diverse applications of signal

processing and encourage a cross-fertilization of techniques. Application areas include (but are not

limited to): communications, networking, sensors and actuators, radar and sonar, medical imaging,

biomedical applications, remote sensing, consumer electronics, computer vision, pattern recognition,

robotics, fiber optic sensing/transducers, industrial automation, transportation, stock market and financial

analysis, seismography, avionics.

Status/Reputation: Medium

Comments: JASP’s scope is essentially identical to J-STSP, and they frequently publish special issues on

topics that would be appropriate for J-STSP.

EURASIP Journal of Wireless Communications and Networking

Scope: The overall aim of the EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking is to

bring together science and applications of wireless communications and networking technologies with

emphasis on signal processing techniques and tools. It is directed at both practicing engineers and

academic researchers. EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking will highlight the

continued growth and new challenges in wireless technology, for both application development and basic

research. Papers should emphasize original results relating to the theory and/or applications of wireless

communications and networking. Review articles, especially those emphasizing multidisciplinary views

of communications and networking, are also welcome.

Status/Reputation: Medium

Comments: Less overlap and hence competition than JASP, but similar to J-SAC in that it has frequent

special issues on wireless communications topics that are very relevant to signal processing.


IEEE- Society Title & # Signal Processing - 01 Name/s of Pubs. Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing

ITEM 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008B 2009B

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N/A

K. NOTABLE FEATURES



2008

January

thru July

2007 2006 2005 2004

# Xplore “hits” 18907 9836


As mentioned above, all issues of J-STSP are “special” issues; only submissions linked to a particular approved

special issue are accepted for review and possible publication. Due to the broad variety of applications relevant to

signal processing, the topics of the special issues are very diverse, ranging from radar to bioimaging to

communication networks to audio and speech technology.

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L. FUTURE PLANS


Paper handling: J-STSP currently uses a software paper submission and review system different from

Manuscript Central (MC). This software tool was chosen because it was specifically designed to handle special

issues, something that MC is not ideally suited for. Our plan is to transition to MC as its capabilities are extended

to better handle special issues and their unique requirements in terms of guest editor access.

Publication pipeline: Maintaining an appropriate queue of special issues requires that one strike a delicate

balance between ensuring on-time publication on one hand and rapid publication of papers in new and emerging

topics on the other. If the queue is too short, then “dry spells” in proposal submissions could prevent the journal

from keeping up with its current bi-monthly publication schedule. If the queue is too long, then the time from

submission to publication is too long, and the ability of the journal to rapidly publish papers is diminished. We are

currently in an ideal situation, with a queue of about two “extra” issues; in other words, we could tolerate a period

of about 4 months without approving a new special issue, and still maintain our publication schedule. This results

in an initial-submission-to-final-publication timetable of about 14-15 months. Our plan is to try and maintain the

queue at about this level in order to meet our competing objectives.

Alternative formats: If we cannot maintain a long enough queue of special issues (due, for example, to the desire

of other journals within the society to publish their own special issues), we may consider a slight variation in the

format of the journal in order to meet the bimonthly publication schedule and also enhance our focus on new and

emerging topics. One idea would be to periodically publish issues composed of several invited paper “clusters” on

themes narrower than those in a full special issue. For example, a cluster could consist of an overview paper and

2-3 supporting articles, the review and publication of which could be managed by a single guest editor. We plan

to discuss such a possibility with the Publication Board of the society.

M. SELF ASSESSMENT





Index.

J-STSP is just over one year old, and thus performance metrics such as impact factor, etc., are as yet unavailable.

Other indicators of the journal’s success to this point include the submission and publication of special issues in a

very wide variety of topics, a healthy number of paper submissions per special issue (an average of about 35

submissions per issue thus far), and an increase during 2008 in both special issue proposals and submissions per

special issue. These signs point to the increasing visibility and reputation of the journal.

Challenges: (1) On-time vs. timely publication – The biggest challenge the journal faces is striking an optimal

balance between maintaining the current publication schedule and keeping the time from submission to publication

as short as possible. As mentioned above, we are currently in an optimal situation in this regard, but various

factors could combine to quickly change this, and constant vigilance is required. (2) Online paper handling –

While designed for special issues, the current online paper submission/review system has some aspects that make

it difficult or annoying to use. These problems could be overcome by a move to Manuscript Central, but the

current version of MC still is lacking features that are essential for handling special issues.





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From: "Sheila S. Hemami" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 09/19/2008 09:53 AM Subject: AE training proposal, for agenda

Hi Theresa -

This is for the Pub Board meeting agenda:

Proposal for AE Training

Hemami, Petropolu, Swindlehurst

1. AE training sessions at ICASSP and ICIP, starting at

ICASSP in Taiwan in April, 2009. We envision these to

occur at each conference.

2. The session will be held either during the lunch hour

when no other Transactions has a meeting, or if no

such lunch hour exists, then as a breakfast meeting

(in both cases a meal will be provided).

3. The session will be at most 1.5 hours in length.

4. At ICASSP 09, the session will consist of two panel

discussions: one on effective reviewer management and

one on effective author/decision management. The

training organizer (Hemami) will coordinate with

panelists ahead of time to ensure that discussion topics

are sufficiently broad.

5. Each panel will consist of 3-4 AEs from various Transactions

who have been recommended by their EiCs as being particularly

effective.

6. A moderator (Hemami) will ensure that the discussion focuses

on problem-solving rather than devolving into a complaint-

airing session.

7. All discussions will be summarized and posted on-line in the

creation of a dynamic Guide-for-Associate-Editors. This

material will be updated following the AE training session

for each conference.

8. After ICASSP 2009, items (3)-(6) will be adjusted as necessary

based upon feedback from AEs who attend the session and from

other participants/interested parties.

thanks,

Sheila

TAB/PSPB Joint Session

20 June 2008

IEEE Meeting Series

Denver, Colorado, USA

TAB Ad-hoc Committee on

Periodical Timeliness

Background - 1

There has been a large amount of interest with respect to timeliness of publication for IEEE periodicals in the past year, and as a result the TAB Periodicals Committee has been charged to provide guidelines and metrics for improving timeliness performance. An ad hoc committee was formulated at the February 2008 Board Series meetings of the Periodicals Committee, consisting of S. Yurkovich (Chair), J. Lehr, R. Stone, D. Hudson and L. Tsang.

Background - 2

• The major issues considered in subsequent communiqué have been:

– Sensitivity to promises (made to EiCs) regarding the use of Manuscript Central data

– Differences in “sub-to-pub” for electronic publication versus print publications.

– Procedures and processes for implementation (data collection, and who is tasked to do it)

TAB’s Recent Timeliness Metrics & Activities

Motion: by 2009: 1) 80% of papers in each journal have a submission to

(electronic) publication time of less than 1 year, and 2) no journal shall have a

mean submission to (electronic) publication time of greater than 2 years.

Best practice: 50% of the papers are reviewed and receive first decision within 90

days

Periodicals mail-date watch-list: a periodical missing two consecutive issues

(when issue 1 is not ready by the end of the month during which issue 2 was

due to mail) it triggers a communication from staff to the Editor-in-Chief, Society

leadership, and the TAB Periodicals Committee. The EIC then provides a status

report on the issue faced and steps being taken for correction.

Activity: submission to publication pipeline made. Every periodical was asked to

develop a formula for timeliness for all stages of the submission to publication

pipeline unique to their periodical that they fill in for use as a best practice (Panel

of Editor’s meeting April 2007)

MetricsBased on the TAB motion and preliminary discussions of the ad hoc committee, the following metrics are proposed for timeliness assessment for journals (not magazines), all based on a two year window of data:

1. 80% of papers in each journal have a submission to (electronic) publication time of less than 12 months.

2. 50% of papers in each journal are reviewed and receive first decision within 90 days of submission. This time window will decrease on a graduated scale to 60 days over a three-year period, beginning January 2009.

3. No journal will have a mean submission to (electronic) publication time of more than 24 months. This time window will decrease on a graduated scale to 15 months over a three-year period, beginning January 2009.

Periodical Watch List

The TAB Periodicals Committee will establish the “Watch

List for Timeliness of Journal Publications” beginning

June 2009. Journals will become candidates for the

Watch List if they are in violation of one or more of the

metrics given above, as measured over the most recent

two-year time window.

Panel of Editors’: Consensus-Show of Hands

Would the three Metrics (for individual periodicals and IEEE as a whole) help you in improving timeliness beginning in 2009? 4 Yes of 18

Would the ability to compare the performance of your journal using these three Metrics to the performance of the other IEEE journals help you in improving timeliness beginning in 2009? 4 Yes of 18

Are these Metrics useful? 7 Yes of 18

Are the three Metrics as proposed reasonable? 13 Yes of 18

Are you in favor of financial rewards? 9 Yes of 18

Are you in favor of financial penalties? 0 Yes of 18

Implementation - 1The following implementation schedule is proposed for a trial period, assuming that a motion is put forth and approved by TAB in June 2008 (note that actual mechanics of implementation may be carried out by a subset of the TAB Periodicals Committee, such as the Periodicals Review Committee --- PRC):

1. Process Start-up: With help from IEEE staff, and based on the metrics established, by the end of March 2009, candidates for the Watch List will be identified using data available from Manuscript Central.

2. In its June 2009 meeting, based on the data collected and presented, the TAB Periodicals Committee will vote to enter candidate periodicals onto the Watch List.

3. The “identification and data collection” process will continue throughout the trial period, the length of which is to be determined by the Periodicals Committee after an appropriate evaluation period.

4. Candidates for the Watch List will be identified immediately based on PRC reviews.

Implementation - 2

5. At each of its meetings, the TAB Periodicals Committee will consider candidates for removal or addition to the Watch List (presumably based on the report and recommendations of the subcommittee overseeing the implementation).

6. Any periodical put on the Watch List will be responsible for a two stage reporting process: – a. Within three months of entering the Watch List, a written report must

be delivered to the TAB Periodicals Committee containing a plan for improvement and for exiting the Watch List.

– b. A progress report will be submitted to the TAB Periodicals Committee for discussion within 12 months of entering the Watch List.

7. Any periodical that remains on the Watch List for two consecutive years will become a candidate for recommended action by the TAB Periodicals Committee.

Motion – Agenda Document ID 44_1(Backup information on the CD)

Approve TAB Periodicals Committee guidelines and metrics (PDF, 35.6KB) for both a Periodicals Watch List and improvement of the timeliness performance of TAB periodicals. A trial period, beginning January 2009, will be set in motion using the specified metrics and implementation plan. The data for evaluation will become available in early 2009. The TAB Periodicals Committee will closely monitor the Watch List and in the future, after an appropriate period of evaluation, will (i) revisit the issue of whether any actions should be taken against candidates placed on the Watch List, (ii) make any necessary adjustments to this Plan, and (iii) terminate the trial period and instate some form of this Plan

• PROs: Improve periodical timeliness

• CONs: None

• Financial Implications to TAB Administration: None

• Financial Implications to S/Cs: None

• Implementation Timeline: 2009-01-01

TAB Periodicals Committee

Chair’s Report (continued)

Leung Tsang

21 June 2008

IEEE Meeting Series


IEEE-OSA Journal of Optical

Communications & Networking

Title and Launch

Title: IEEE-OSA Journal of Optical Communications & Networking

Sponsors: LEOS, ComSoc, Optical Society of America

To launch/merge: 1 Jan 2009

Production Info -• 6, 9, 12 issues/mo (yrs 1, 2, 3)

• Paper, online

• 1600, 1850, 2220 Pages per year

ComSoc, LEOS and OSA have enjoyed a successful 25 year history of publishing IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology

Scope• Circuit- and packet-switched all-optical and electro-optic networks

• Optical network architectures, algorithms, performance, and management

• Network aspects of terrestrial, undersea, free-space optical, satellite, wireless, and cable networks including their architecture, control, design, and performance

• Protection and restoration mechanisms, architectures, and performance

• Wavelength routing, assignment, changing

• Scheduling and arbitration of optical networks

• Grooming architectures and algorithms

• Network security and reliability

• Signaling and routing algorithms

• Network architecture designs resulting from performance limitations of components, subsystems and systems

• IP over Optical and Optical Ethernet architectures and performance

• Economic implications of Optical Network Architectures

• Optical data networks within and between computers

Need

Demonstrated by six years of experience with JON and JOCN

Overlap with Existing Periodicals

Some natural overlap exists with

IEEE/OSA JLT

Agreement has been reached with JLT

EIC regarding the proposed scope and

inclusion of JLT EIC on JOCN Steering

Committee

Variance from Current Norms - 1

• The fact that JON and JSAC/JOCN have very different times-to-publication (JOCN papers tend to be more theoretical and these take longer to review), and different acceptance rates. (Issue resolved per agreement between two editorial boards)

• JON is online-only while JOCN wishes to publish paper issues as well as online. (Issue resolved, the new journal will be published online and in print.)

• A method of creating / maintaining the new joint editorial board. (Issue resolved per agreement between the current EICs)

• A method of minimizing the administrative overhead imposed by a steering committee representing the three Society co-sponsors. (Issue resolved per agreement among 3 societies.)

Variance from Current Norms - 2

• Steering committee makeup/term limits/roles. (Issue resolved per agreement among 3 societies.)

• Copyright ownership/sharing agreement. (Issue resolved per agreement among 3 societies.)

• Paper handling and publication details. (Issue resolved, OSA is responsible for paper handling, ComSoc is responsible for publication details.)

• Revenue and cost sharing details. (Issue resolved per 3-society agreement.)

• Page charge for overlength papers. (The journal will have a 10-page limit with overlength charges of $220/page.)

• An MOU addressing these issues must be composed. (Document has been prepared and verbally agreed to by the 3 societies.)

EIC and Editor information

• JOCN is to have co-EICs:

• Dr. Vincent Chan of MIT (theory)

• Dr. Keren Bergman of Columbia University

(practice)

IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical

Communications and Networking Budget

Description 2008 2009 2010 2011

Estimated # of published articles per year (13

pages per article) 123 142 171

# Pages per Year 1600 1850 2220

# Issues per Year 6 9 12

# Regular Members Online Subscriber (LEOS

and ComSoc bundled) 32 34 35

# Regular Members Print Subscriber 118 123 130

# Regular Members Print/Online Combo Subs 17 18 19

# Student Members Online Subscriber 5 6 6

# Student Members Print Subscriber 13 14 15

# Student Members Print/Online Combo Subs 2 2 2

# Non Member Online Subscribers 0 1 1

# Non Member Print Subscribers 2 3 3

# Non Member Print/Online Combo Subs 1 1 1

# ASPP Subscribers (print) 175 175 175

# General Interest Online Subscribers 3 4 5

# General Interest Print Subscribers 12 14 15

# General Interest Print/Online Combo subs 2 2 2

Total # Print Subscriptions 342 352 362

IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and

Networking Budget con’t

Prices 2008 2009 2010 2011Member Online Rate $21.00 $23.00 $25.00

Member Print Rate $28.00 $30.00 $32.00

Member Print/Online Combo Rate $35.00 $37.00 $39.00

Student Online Rate $11.00 $12.00 $13.00

Student Print Rate $14.00 $15.00 $16.00

Student Print/Online Combo Rate $18.00 $19.00 $20.00

Non Member Print or Online Sub Rate $1,775 $1,865 $1,960

Non Member Print/Online Combo Rate $2,220 $2,330 $2,450

General Interest Online Sub rate $30 $32 $34

General Interest Print Sub Rate $45 $47 $49

General Interest Print/Online Sub Rate $55 $58 $60

Voluntary Page Charge Rate $110 $110 $110

% of Paid Voluntary Pages 5% 5% 5%

Overlength Paper Charge Rate $220 $220 $220

% of Paid Overlength Pages 95% 95% 95%



Financials 2008 2009 2010 2011

REVENUE

Member, Student and General Interest

Subscription Revenue $5,584 $6,360 $7,159

Non Member Revenue $5,770 $9,790 $10,290

Voluntary Page Charge $6,765 $7,810 $9,405

Overlength Paper Charge $77,121 $89,034 $107,217

Airfreight Revenue $0 $0 $0

ASPP Print Revenue $15,000 $15,000 $15,000ASPP Online Revenue (no base included so

this shows incremental gain only - based on

125 articles per year) $21,506 $43,310 $69,283

TOTAL REVENUE $0 $131,746 $171,304 $218,354

Member Online Revenue only $727 $854 $953

Non Member Online Revenue only $0 $1,865 $1,960

EXPENSE

Fixed Expenses

Print Expenses $12,000 $18,500 $33,300

Promotion 8,000$ $8,000 $10,000 $10,000

Xplore $5,600 $5,600 $5,600

Total Fixed Expenses 8,000$ $25,600 $34,100 $48,900



Financials 2008 2009 2010 2011Variable Fulfillment Expenses

2nd Class - Edit US $949 $1,265 $1,898

2nd Class - Edit Non US $5,445 $7,260 $10,890

Text Paper $3,584 $4,779 $7,168

Press Work-Print $5,153 $6,871 $10,307

Binding-Prt Ed $1,308 $4,360 $2,616

Mailing-Prt Ed $1,000 $1,280 $2,304

Nonmember Subscription Handling $3,400 $3,400 $3,400

Member Subscription Handling $0 $0 $0

Incremental variable expense per print sub $60.93 $83.00 $106.58

Total Fulfillment Expenses $20,839 $29,214 $38,582

Other Variable Expenses

OSA distribution expense $678 $835 ($1,119)

Voluntary Page Charges $1,840 $2,128 $2,553

Overlength Paper Charges $2,921 $3,373 $4,061

Total Other Variable Expenses $5,439 $6,335 $5,495

TOTAL EXPENSE $8,000 $51,878 $69,649 $92,977

NET SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) ($8,000) $79,868 $101,655 $125,377

Society Reserves Effect*** ($8,000) $71,868 $173,522 $298,899


Approve IEEE Communications Society and IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society's new periodical proposal (phase 1 and 2 approval of full business plan - 2009 launch) for IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking

• PROs: Content area coverage improvement

• CONs: Another new publication


• Financial Implications to S/Cs: Smaller shares of ASPP net distribution for all periodicals

• Implementation Timeline: Upon approval by TAB

Document ID ??

June 2008

TAB Periodicals Committee

Chair’s Report

Leung Tsang

20 June 2008

IEEE Meeting Series


Document ID ??

June 2008

Automatic Consent Agenda Motions

• Periodical Review Committee’s Review

Reports

• Voluntary/Overlength Page Charges

Document ID ??

June 2008

IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine

Document ID ??

June 2008

IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine

Launch January 2009

An official migration of a Newsletter that has

already grown into a Magazine.

Quarterly

Bundled for SSCS members, print and Xplore.

Optional priced subscription in print and

electronic form to all others for 3 years.

Pages: 380/2009, 430/2010, 480/2011

Financial Sponsor: Only SSC Society

Document ID ??

June 2008

Scope• A self-contained resource for fundamental theories

and practical advances within the field of solid-state Integrated Circuits (ICs)

• Feature articles by leaders from industry, academia and government

• Explanations of historical milestones, current trends and future developments

• Tutorial and narrative style

• Society News

•Regional Reports•Members•Conferences

•Chapters•Book reviews•Awards and Fellows

Document ID ??

June 2008

Need

• The Magazine will help the Society achieve its goal of serving the world-wide IC community.

• As a publication available in IEEE Xplore, the Solid-State Circuits Magazine will more easily – attract top-ranking contributors, – be found through global searches, – reach the widest possible audience, and – attract new members.

• The Magazine will feature tutorial level articles which are not a focus of the Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC). The JSSC, the Society’s periodical aimed at industrial and academic researchers, is the most downloaded from IEEE Xplore.

• The proposed format and content has been in print since fall 2006.

• The Magazine will be aimed at practitioners in the field, who are currently under served. 75% of our members work in industry.

Document ID ??

June 2008


Approve IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society's new

periodical proposal (phase two approval of full

business plan - 2009 launch) for IEEE Solid-

State Circuits Magazine




• Financial Implications to S/Cs: Smaller shares of ASPP net

distribution for all periodicals


Document ID ??

June 2008

IEEE Embedded Systems Letters

Document ID ??

June 2008

Basic Launch Information

• Title: IEEE Embedded Systems Letters (L-ES)

• Launch: March 2009

• Frequency: Quarterly

• Pages: 320, Print and Online

• Sponsor: IEEE Council on EDA

• Background: EXCOM Approved Jan 16, 2008

– First publication by the Council targeted to

directly serve the embedded systems community.

• Variance from current norms: none.

Document ID ??

June 2008

Scope

“The field of interest of the council spans the theory,

implementation and use of EDA/CAD tools to design

integrated electronic circuits and systems. This

includes tools that automate all levels of the design,

analysis and verification of hardware and embedded

software up to and including complete working

systems.”

• The IEEE EMBEDDED SYSTEMS LETTERS, provides a forum for rapid dissemination of latest technical advances in embedded systems and related areas in embedded software.

Document ID ??

June 2008

Embedded Systems

Opportunity• New community:

– international, practitioner-oriented,

consortia-driven

• Speaks to IEEE strength

– Intersection of EE and CS

• Volunteer organization dominated by ACM

– ACM SIGBED, IFIP 10.2

Document ID ??

June 2008

Dominated by Practitioners,

Frontline in Research#1 Research

Priority by NITRD, Nov 2007

ARTIST2

Document ID ??

June 2008

EE Front & Center Intellectual COG

Embedded

Systems

Design Methods

& Tools

CADLow power

design

System

Architectures

Embedded

Security

System-level

Design

Embedded

Software

Formal

methods

Reliability

Driven

Design

Document ID ??

June 2008

The ES Community

• Presentations are found in forums such as

– DAC, ICCAD, DATE, MEMOCODE, VLSI Design,

CODES+ISSS, MPSoC,…

• IEEE is often a joint sponsor with ACM & IFIP

• A reasonably strong exposure to real-time

systems, VLSI, Computer architecture

– T-COMP, CAL, D&T, Micro

• ESWeek and CPSWeek are beginning to galvanize

the new community identity.

A growth opportunity that requires a careful & strategic approach to ensure success.

Document ID ??

June 2008

Community Feedback

• Extensive discussions with the

community by email and at

ESWeek, Salzburg, 9/07;

CPSWeek, 4/08.

• Lengthy email discussion with

ESWeek leadership indicated

overwhelming support for the

proposed journal

– Across industry, academia

– Across geographic regions

Luciano Lavagno, Cadence Labs

David Atienza, EPFL

Frank Vahid, UC Riverside

Sandeep Shukla, Virginia Tech

Mani Srivastava, UCLA

Helen Gill, NSF

S. Ramesh, GM Labs

Rolf Ernst, TU Braunchsweig

Wayne Wolf, Georgia Tech

Nikil Dutt, UCI

Christopher Kirsch, U. Salzburg

Preeti R. Panda, IIT Delhi

Rajeev Alur, UPenn

Document ID ??

June 2008


Approve IEEE Council on Electronic Design

Automation's (CEDA) new periodical proposal

(phase two approval of full business plan - 2009

launch) for IEEE Embedded Systems Letters • PROs: Content area coverage improvement



• Financial Implications to S/Cs: Smaller shares of ASPP net

distribution for all periodicals


Document ID ??

June 2008

IEEE Transactions on Autonomous

Mental Development

Document ID ??

June 2008

Title and Launch• Title:

IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development

• To launch in 2009

• Frequency: Published quarterly with member societies receiving electronic/hardcopy

• Pages per year: 320

• Same as the successful launch of the IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation in 1997

• The approved page count for IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games

• Multidisciplinary research field

• computational intelligence, cognitive science, neuroscience, and robotics

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Sponsorship

• Co-Sponsors

– IEEE Computational Intelligence Society

– IEEE Consumer Electronics Society

• Technical Co-Sponsors

• IEEE Computer Society

– IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

MOU in draft final form pending signatures

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Scope

• The IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTONOMOUS MENTAL

DEVELOPMENT (TAMD), published four times a year,

publishes original papers of archival journal quality in

computational Autonomous Mental Development (AMD).

Recent advances in computational intelligence, cognitive

science, neuroscience, and robotics have stimulated the

birth and rapid growth of this new research field. Mental

development is a process during which a brain-like natural

or artificial embodied system, under the control of its

intrinsic species-specific developmental program residing

in the natural or artificially designed genes, develops

mental capabilities through its autonomous real-time

interactions with its environments (including the brain‟s

own internal environment) using its own sensors and

effectors.

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Scope• The scope of TAMD includes:

• Computational modeling of mental development in

perceptual, cognitive, behavioral, emotional, and all

other mental capabilities that are exhibited by humans,

higher animals, and artificial systems;

• Engineering applications of autonomous mental

development such as mechanisms enabling highly

complex capabilities by robots and other artificial

systems.

• Investigations in AMD are expected to improve

our systematic understanding of the working of

the wide variety of cognitive and behavioral

capabilities in humans.

• Significant support from both CI and Cognitive Science

communities.

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Need• AMD is a very active cross-disciplinary research

field. Two annual conferences:• International Conference on Developmental Learning

(ICDL)

• International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics (EpiRob)

• Currently journal publications are scattered. This situation is much less likely to develop and grow the AMD research field.• IEEE Trans. on Neural Networks, IEEE Trans. on Evolutionary

Computation, IEEE Trans. on Robotics and Automation, IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence

• Science, Progress in Brain Science, International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, Adaptive Behavior, Neurocomputing, Neural Computation, Neural Networks, Artificial Life, Journal of Computational Neuroscience, International Journal of Computer Vision, etc.

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Need• The establishment of T-AMD would provide a

valuable service to AMD researchers by

• Making available a high-quality archival publication that is characteristic of the IEEE

• Offering high-quality editorial service for archival publications in AMD

• Readership/Readiness to Support T-AMD• Polled community and received 70 manuscript abstracts in a

short time frame

• 142 co-authors from 11 countries

• All abstracts in the Phase I/II proposal appendix

• We believe community is larger than we see now

• Some in the community are working in other related areas

• My own case, for example

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June 2008

Need• The Consumer Electronics Society

• Conducted a series of surveys at Maker Faire (50K+ *), CES (350K+ *), ISCE (300 *), ICCE (350 *), ESC (11K+ *), Flash Memory Summit (500+ *), FSA (600+ *),Singularity Summit (3K+ *)

• * = Attendees

• By a limited group of representatives of the CE Society

• Over 10,000 surveyed over a 8 month period• Expressed interest in reading & subscribing the

IEEE T-AMD

• Over 1,000 surveyed expressed interest in publishing in the T-AMD

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June 2008

Revised and Approved BudgetDescription 2009 2010 2011

Estimated # of published articles per year (7

pages per article) 45 45 45

# Pages per Year 320 320 320

# Issues per Year 4 4 4

# Regular Members Online Subscriber 21 23 24

# Regular Members Print Subscriber 285 320 350

# Regular Members Print/Online Combo Subs 11 12 13

# Student Members Online Subscriber 3 4 4

# Student Members Print Subscriber 20 40 60

# Student Members Print/Online Combo Subs 1 1 2

# Non Member Online Subscribers 1 1 1

# Non Member Print Subscribers 13 16 15

# Non Member Print/Online Combo Subs 1 1 1

# ASPP Subscribers (print) 175 175 175

# General Interest Online Subscribers 3 4 5

# General Interest Print Subscribers 12 14 15

# General Interest Print/Online Combo subs 2 2 2

# Sister Society Print Subscribers 0 0 0

Total # Print Subscriptions 520 581 633

Submitted to

FinCom after

CompSoc and

RAS joined

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June 2008

Revised and Approved BudgetPrices 2009 2010 2011

Member Online Rate $18.00 $19.00 $21.00

Member Print Rate $30.00 $30.00 $30.00

Member Print/Online Combo Rate $35.00 $35.00 $35.00

Student Online Rate $9.00 $10.00 $11.00

Student Print Rate $15.00 $15.00 $15.00

Student Print/Online Combo Rate $18.00 $18.00 $18.00

Non Member Print or Online Sub Rate $500 $525 $550

Non Member Print/Online Combo Rate $625 $655 $685

General Interest Online Sub rate $25 $27 $29

General Interest Print Sub Rate $35 $35 $35

General Interest Print/Online Sub Rate $40 $40 $40

Sister Society Print Sub Rate $0 $0 $0

Voluntary Page Charge Rate $110 $110 $110

% of Paid Voluntary Pages 20% 20% 20%

Overlength Paper Charge Rate $0 $0 $0

% of Paid Overlength Pages 0% 0% 0%

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Revised and Approved BudgetFinancials 2008 2009 2010 2011

REVENUE

Member, Student and General Interest

Subscription Revenue $10,233 $11,793 $13,189

Non Member Revenue $7,625 $9,580 $9,485

Voluntary Page Charge $7,040 $7,040 $7,040

Overlength Paper Charge $0 $0 $0

Airfreight Revenue $0 $0 $0

ASPP Print Revenue $8,200 $8,200 $8,200

ASPP Online Revenue (no base included

so this shows incremental gain only) $21,624 $28,687 $35,739

TOTAL REVENUE $0 $54,722 $65,300 $73,653

EXPENSE

Fixed Expenses

Promotion $13,000 $15,000 $15,000 $15,000

Xplore $5,600 $5,600 $5,600

Manuscript Central $12,460 $5,370 $5,555

Fully-edited service in IEEE pub ops $20,160 $20,640 $21,120

Information Conversion & Graphics $4,832 $4,832 $4,832

Editorial Assistant $0 $0 $0

Editorial Office $0 $0 $0

Publication Administration $3,124 $3,124 $3,124

Indexing $200 $200 $200

Total Fixed Expenses $13,000 $61,376 $54,766 $55,431

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Revised and Approved BudgetFinancials 2008 2009 2010 2011

Variable Fulfillment Expenses

Presswork-- Printing $5,580 $5,765 $5,955

Binding $545 $575 $605

Mailing $2,010 $2,076 $2,130

Postage-US $480 $516 $564

Foreign Postage $2,880 $3,108 $3,360.0

Paper $1,856 $2,096 $2,344

Nonmember Subscription Handling $3,400 $3,400 $3,400

Member Subscription Handling $0 $0 $0

Incremental variable expense per print sub $32.21 $30.18 $29.00

Total Fulfillment Expenses $16,751 $17,536 $18,358

Other Variable Expenses

ASPP print reimbursement ($5,637) ($5,282) ($5,075)

Voluntary Page Charges $1,472 $1,472 $1,472

Overlength Paper Charges $0 $0 $0

Total Other Variable Expenses ($4,165) ($3,810) ($3,603)

TOTAL EXPENSE $13,000 $73,962 $68,492 $70,186

NET SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) ($13,000) ($19,240) ($3,192) $3,467

Society Reserves Effect*** ($13,000) ($32,240) ($35,432) ($31,964)

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June 2008


Approve IEEE Computational Intelligence Society and IEEE Consumer Electronics Society's new periodical proposal (phase 1 and 2 approval of full business plan - 2009 launch) for IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development






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June 2008

IEEE Photonics Journal

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June 2008

IEEE Photonics - 2009

IEEE Photonics Journal

Early 2009

Monthly issues;

Rapid posting

Online and end of the year CD

Editorial Pages per year for 3 years

• Year One 600

• Year Two 900

• Year Three 1200

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June 2008

Sponsorship

Technical Co-Sponsors Nanotechnology Council (technical co-sponsorship) Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

(EMBS)

CES – has been offered technical co-sponsorship

Financial co-sponsorship is not desired by LEOS

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June 2008

Scope Breakthroughs in the generation of light and in its control and utilization have given rise to

the field of Photonics, a rapidly expanding area of science and technology with major technological and economic impact. Photonics integrates quantum electronics and optics to accelerate progress in the generation of novel photon sources and in their utilization in emerging applications at the micro and nano scales spanning from the far-infrared/THz to the x-ray region of the electromagnetic spectrum.

• Contributions addressing issues ranging from fundamental understanding to emerging technologies and applications are within the scope of the Journal.

• The Journal will include topics in:

• Photon sources from far infrared to x-rays

• Photonics materials and engineered photonic structures

• Integrated optics and optoelectronic

• Ultrafast, attosecond, high field and short wavelength photonics

• Biophotonics including DNA photonics

• Nano-photonics

• Magneto-photonics

• Fundamentals of light propagation and interaction; nonlinear effects

• Optical data storage

• Fiber optics and optical communications devices, systems, and technologies

• Solar Cells

• Micro Opto Electro Mechanical Systems (MOEMS)

• Microwave photonics

• Optical sensors

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June 2008Need Feasibility study conducted to assess market potential for a

new journal with a focus on photonics. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

OSA Journals

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Optics Express

Optics Letters

OSA Journals

-500

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Optics Letters

• Steep growth in number of articles published in photonics.

2.6x for papers, 3x for review papers

• Top Publishers: IEEE (1st) – OSA(2nd) in 2002

OSA (1st) – IEEE (2nd) in 2006

No. Papers -in LEOS J. over 20 years

-200

0

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400

600

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JSTQE

PTL

No. Papers -in LEOS J. over 20 years

-200

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800

1000

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JSTQE

PTL

No. papers published per year over last 20 years

IEEE OSA

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Need • There is a need to offer a forum for publication of the wide spectrum

of themes that are covered by LEOS sponsored conferences and

that are of interest to the LEOS community.

IEEE OSA OTHER

100 0 0

83 0 17

70 16 14

70 0 30

58 8 33

43 18 39

41 2 58

39 22 39

32 2 66

22 11 67

19 22 58

16 0 84

16 21 63

13 0 87

11 1 89

0 50 50

37 7 57

% of papers published by BoG Members

Document ID ??

June 2008Overlap with Existing Periodicals (addressing

Marketing Analysis comments as well)

The proposed Journal will have some overlap

with IEEE Photonics Technology Letters and

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, and

some special issue topics covered by IEEE

Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum

Electronics.

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June 2008

TOPICS IN LEOS JOURNALSPTL 2007

Semiconductor Lasers

and Amplifiers

Fiber and Waveguide

Amplifiers and Lasers

Modulators and

Switches

Passive Components

Propagation and

Waveguiding

All-Optical Techniques

Measurements

Sensors

Subsystems

Networks and Systems

Photodetectors and

Photoreceivers

Active Components

Analog and RF

Photonics

Wavelength Converters

JQE 2007

Semiconductor Laser

Semiconductor Optical

Amplifier

Photodetectors

Photonic Crystal

Waveguides

Fiber Lasers

Solid State Lasers

Femtosecond Lasers

Frequency

Quantum Dot Lasers

Waveguide Dye Lasers

Microcavity Lasers

Mode Locked Lasers

JSTQE (last 3 years)

2008-Surface Plasmon Photonics

Biophotonics

THz Materials, Devices and

Applications

Nonlinear Optical Signal

Processing

Semiconductor Photonic

Materials

2007 -High Speed Photonics

Integrated Circuits

Optical Micro-and Nanosystems

Solid State, Fiber, & Tunable

Sources

Single Photon Counting:

Detectors and Applications

Semiconductor Lasers

Optical Code in Optical

Communications & Networks

2006-Microresonators

Ultrafast Science and Technology

Nonlinear Optics

Optical Communications

Optoelectronic Packaging for

communications

Part 1 - Nanophotonics

Part 1 - Silicon Photonics

IEEE PHOTONICS

Optical signal Processing, Optical

logic, Optical switching, Non-

linearity, Fourier optics

Nanophotonics

Silicon Photonics, Photonic crystal,

Plasmonics, Near-field optics, nano-

optoelectronics, metamaterials,

nanowires

Biophotonics

Magneto-photonics

Imaging, Sensing, Treatment,

Medical Photonics, Cell

manipulation,DNA photonics

New / Hybrid areas of Photonics

Displays, MOEMS, THz Photonics,

Far-IR, Opto-fluidics, Ultra-fast

Optics

Attosecond science and technology

Extreme ultraviolet and soft x-ray

lasers and applications

Free electron lasers

Nanolithography

Terahertz

Magneto-photonics

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June 2008

Visual Landscape

• COLOR FIGURES

• MULTIMEDIA

• THEME TOPICS – WILL LINK RELATED

ARTICLES, FACILITY SEARCH AND GIVE

HIGHER VISIBILITY TO ARTICLES

• WILL WORK WITH IEEE TO OFFER MOST

APPEALING READER INTERFACE

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June 2008

Paper Source(s)

Special issues in JSTQE will naturally lead to a paper flow into IEEE Photonics since JSTQE publishes only special issues hence is not available to authors once issue closes.

The new journal will be promoted at our conferences, on the LEOS website, in the LEOS Newsletter, in all LEOS journals, and in trade journals.

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Variance from Current Norms?

ONLINE PUBLISHING

Rapid time-to-Publication using „LIGHT COPY-

EDITING‟

• Time to publication: 9-11 weeks

– Time to first decision: 4-5 weeks

– LEOS staff prep: 1 week

– Copyediting: 3 weeks

– Author approval of proofs: .5-1 week

– Online posting: .5-1 week

Speed of publication is essential – From author submission to online publication: 60-80 days.

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June 2008

Impact factors Photonics

Journals• IEEE Photonics Technology Letters: 2.01

• IEEE JSTQE: 2.384 (No. 10)

• IEEE JQE: 2.260 (No. 11)

• IEEE JLT: 2.196 (No. 17)

• Nature Photonics: NA

• Optics Letters: 3.709

• Optics Express (OA): 3.711

• Applied Physics Letters: 3.596

• JOSA B: 2.03

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June 2008

LEOS Competitors Online only

• Advances in Optics and Photonics (OSA) – reviews and tutorials-quarterly -2008

• Journal of Nanophotonics – SPIE

Open Access

• Optics Express (OSA – started 1998)

• Lasers and Photonics Reviews (Wiley) – started in Dec. 07-By invitation only.

• Advances in Optoelectronics (Hindawi) (starts mid-2008)

• The Open Optics Journal (Bentham Publishing) – to appear 2008.

Print and online

• Optics Letters (OSA)

• Nature Photonics

• Nanoletters (ACS)

• JOSA B (OSA)

• Applied Physics Letters (AIP)

• Physical Review Letters (APS)

• Journal of Optics A

• Photonics And Nanostructures, Fundamentals And Applications -(Elsevier)

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June 2008IEEE-Rankings

• Publications: IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics: IF: 0.734

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June 2008

Financials - 1

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June 2008

Financials - 2

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June 2008

Financials - 3

Laura Creighton had expressed discomfort with the subscription units. Numbers

were adjusted upward here, due to existence of the Photonics Technology Letters

units of member subs just under 1,000 and nonmember subs in the 90’s. TAB

Finance Committee suggested adjusting some units, so Laura chose 3rd year units

of 3 times the member subs already noted and a

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June 2008

Financial slides - 4

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June 2008

Motion – Agenda Document ID 42_1 & 42_2(Backup information on the CD)

Approve IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society's new periodical proposal (phase 1 and 2 approval of full business plan - 2009 launch) for IEEE Photonics Journal






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June 2008

IEEE-OSA Journal of Optical

Communications & Networking

Proposal

TAB Finance Committee

discussion tonight, so postponed

until TAB meeting Saturday

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June 2008

PSPB Operations Manual

Change Suggestion

Consider tightening the language of PSPB Operations Manual Section

8.4.2.F.1 regarding editorial reuse of previously published material.

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June 2008

PSPB Operations Manual Section 8.2.4.F.1 -- GUIDELINES

FOR EDITORIAL REUSE OF PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED MATERIAL

Editorial Reuse of Previously Published Material. The Editor of a publication may choose to re-publish existing material for a variety of reasons including promoting wider distribution and serving readers by aggregating special material in a single publication. This practice is recognized and accepted by the IEEE. When such a re-publication occurs, the papers must be annotated as being republished, and their original publication venue cited. As necessary, appropriate permission shall be obtained.

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June 2008

Motion – Agenda Document ID

Approve the TAB Periodicals Committee

recommendation the Documents Working Group

of PSPB consider tightening the language of

PSPB Operations Manual Section 8.4.2.F.1

regarding editorial reuse of previously published

material.

PROs: Content improvement, more clarity

CONs: Paper submission inflow affected

Financial Implications to TAB Administration: None

Financial Implications to S/Cs: None

Implementation Timeline: Upon approval by TAB

1

Status Report (Special Issues) IEEE Signal Processing Magazine

Input for IEEE Signal Processing Society Publication Board Meeting

October 2008, San Diego, CA

Shih-Fu Chang, Editor-in-Chief, Doug Williams, Area Editor of Special Sections The following special issues have been published recently or scheduled for publication.

• Brain Computer Interfaces, January 2008 Paul Sajda, Columbia University Klaus-Robert Müller, Technical University of Berlin and Fraunhofer FIRST Krishna V. Shenoy, Stanford University

• Compressive Sampling, March 2008 Richard Baraniuk, Rice University Emmanuel Candes, Caltech Robert Nowak, University of Wisconsin Martin Vetterli, EPFL

• Spoken Language Technology, May 2008 (a companion issue with the special issue on TSALP) Mazin Gilbert, AT&T Labs Research Kevin Knight, University of Southern California Steve Young, Cambridge University

• Visual Cultural Heritage, July 2008 Mauro Barni, University of Siena Jean-Angelo Beraldin, NRC - Institute for Information Technology, Canada Christian Lahanier, Centre of Research and Restoration of the Museums in France Alessandro Piva, University of Florence

• Signal Processing for Cognitive Radio Networks, November 2008

Simon Haykin, McMaster University Maria-Gabriella Di Benedetto, University of Rome Yingbo Hua, University of California at Riverside Xiaodong Wang, Columbia University

• Waveform-Agile Sensing and Processing, January 2009

Antonia Papandreou-Suppappola, Arizona State University Arye Nehorai, Washington University in St. Louis Robert Calderbank, Princeton University

• Digital Forensics, March 2009 (a synchronized issue with Security and Privacy Magazine of Computer

Society) Edward Delp, Purdue University Nasir Memon, Polytechnic University Min Wu, University of Maryland

• Game Theory in Signal Processing and Communications, September 2009

Eduard A. Jorswieck, Dresden University of Technology, Germany Erik G. Larsson, Linköping University, Sweden Marco Luise, University of Pisa, Italy H. Vincent Poor, Princeton University, USA

Report of IEEE Tr. Signal Processing - September 2008----------------------------------------------------

Prepared by: A.J. van der Veen (Editor-in-Chief)

1. Number of papers in review/revision: 481 (was 435 in Mar’08, and 409 inMar’07).

Number of papers older than 5 months without first decision: 13 (was 38 inMar’08, and 20 in Mar’07)

2. Submission rates: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Avg submissions/mo: 55 65 70 78 79 89 regular papers/mo 11 11 16 17 19 19 correspondence/mo Avg acceptance ratio: 43% 42% 46% 39% 37% 37%(regular papers)

The increase in number of submissions in 2008 has been 7% (cf 8% in 2005,13% in 2006, 2% in 2007).

The page budget request for 2009 was based on acceptance rates of 35% in2008 and 34% in 2009, and a submission increase of 2% in 2008.

3. Time from submission to first review: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 median 94 101 99 83 86 ? days mean 114 112 114 100 100 99 days The 2008 median figure is not yet computed (the mean is now provided by

Manuscript Central). IEEE PSPB aims at median 90 days as ‘best practice’.

3. Publication queue:The page budget for 2008 is 6000 (?) pages (including two relief issues), andfor 2009 it is 5068 pages. (There is some uncertainty here. The initial pagebudget for 2009 was 5300 pages, in January’08 I recommended 1 relief issue of440 pages but in fact two were printed. The schedule seems to be set for 5900to 6000 pages.)

The publication queue is currently:

(accepted regular papers waiting in the drawer before going to production): per 1 Jan 2006 1 Jan 2007 1 Jan 2008 1 Sep 2008 1 Jan 2009

203 231 121 52 33 regular papers

Resulting time from acceptance to print is currently 4.5 months.

The queue relief issues were intended to bring the queue at the SPS office toapproximately 0. We will reach that point somewhere in 2009. We will need toensure that authors submit their final materials in time—the average is 1month delay for mailing them so the actual number of papers sitting in theoffice will be quite small.

4. (Self-)PlagiarismIn 2007, there were 3 cases of duplicate submission so far (in 2007 it was 8cases of duplicate submission, and one case of plagiarism).

5. Associate Editors In 2008, 6 Associate Editors retired, and 14 were newly appointed. The total

number of AEs is now 66.

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The IEEE T-MI Steering Committee meets in Dec. each year,

so there has been no activity since january's approval of

the meeting minutes, except as follows.

1. Susan McKinstry, president of the TUFFC society, named

Nadine Barrie Smith as the new TUFFC representative,

replacing Ahmed Amin.

2. Even though there is a bit of a backlog, we decided not

to increase the 2008 page budget from 1800 to 1900 because

T-MI would then have additional page costs and would not

get money for the additional pages from ASPP. Instead we

decided (informally) to increase to 2000 pages for 2009.

That will be finalized at our Dec. meeting.

jf

Toronto, September 8, 2008 To: Prof. K.J. Ray Liu, Vice President Publications

From: K.J. Ray Liu, Kostas Plataniotis

Transactions on Mobile Computing – Steering Committee SPS-Representatives

Re: Report on Activities

State-of-the-Transactions

A. Editor in Chief: Mani Srivastava (as of January 1, 2008).

(http://nesl.ee.ucla.edu/people/mbs/)

B. TMC Steering Committee Chair: Tom LaPorta (as of January 1, 2008).

(http://www.cse.psu.edu/~tlp/ )

C. A motion to modify the AE appointment policy was approved by the financial co-

sponsors. It is the official policy as of January 31, 2008.

D. A request from the IEEE Information Theory Society to drop its technical co-

sponsorship was discussed during a tele-conference call on Thursday, August 28,

2008. David Forney (ITS) participated in the call. Tom LaPorta informed the

ITS representative that if they decide to drop co-sponsorship they must wait one

year after their notification for doing so (as per our MoU). ITS will discuss the

matter during their BoG meeting on Tuesday, September 23, 2008.

Steering Committee Information

Steering Committee SPS-Representatives: K.J. Ray Liu, Kostas Plataniotis

Meetings Frequency: Annually

Last Meeting: Tele-conference (August 28, 2008) -

Next Scheduled Meeting: TBA

SPS-Reps – Report on Past Action Items: The following four nominations for

new AE with expertise in Signal Processing have been approved:

Submitted & Approved Nominations:

1. Prof. Haitao Zheng, UCSB, Areas: signal processing,

cognitive networking, http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~htzheng/

2. Prof. Wade Trappe, WINLAB, Rutgers University, Areas: signal processing, network security,

http://www.winlab.rutgers.edu/~trappe/

3. Prof. D. Hatzinakos, IPSI, University of Toronto, Areas: signal processing, networking

http://www.comm.utoronto.ca/~dimitris

4. Prof. Carlo S. Regazzoni, DIBE, University of Genoa, Areas: signal processing, networking, security,

http://www.isip40.it/

http://nesl.ee.ucla.edu/people/mbs/

http://www.cse.psu.edu/~tlp/

http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~htzheng/

http://www.winlab.rutgers.edu/~trappe/

http://www.comm.utoronto.ca/~dimitris

http://www.isip40.it/

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09/10/2008 11:37 AM

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Subject

Letter to All IEEE Member Subscribers of SDL or MDL

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CUMULATIVE LIST OF OPEN ACTION/INFORMATION ITEMS

Publications Board

September 2007-April 2008

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^ = Activity Currently on Hold

17 September 2007—Publications Board –San Antonio, TX

3. Liu led a discussion of plagiarism guidelines regarding conference papers. The board noted the need to clarify its definition of plagiarism, and that it is always wrong to use the work of others. It was discussed that self-plagiarism diminishes the value of the disclosed science. van der Veen presented language to serve as the foundation of a new and comprehensive policy by the IEEE Signal Processing Society. An ad hoc committee was formed to create a draft of the new policy. The committee members are Liu, van der Veen, Mercy Kowalczyk, and Charles Bouman as chair. Upon completion, the draft will be distributed to the Publications Board via email for review. In addition, van der Veen was requested to remove the plagiarism text from the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing Web site until the revised text is finalized.

6. Liu led a discussion on plagiarism policy for journal papers and presented suggested

changes to the current language. The discussion led to the decision to approve the guideline from the Executive Committee Meeting but to delete Item 6 (the last item). The Publications Board decided to have a working group to explore options for improving procedures. Members of the group are Liu, van der Veen, Bouman, and Michelle Schmitt-DeBonis. Bouman moved, seconded by Chang, that the working group will compile suggested changes for the Publication Board’s review and approval. The motion passed unanimously.

2 April 2008—Publications Board –Las Vegas, NV

1. Liu presented the Board with the Publications 5-Year Strategic Plan, which outlined

tactical issues: improving citation impact factors, ensuring quality of content, excelling in professionalism, and streamlining management with accountability.

2. Liu provided the Board with an update on the Review Central beta test and the IEEE

Periodicals, Services and Products Board’s (IEEE PSPB) decision. He noted that Marc Moonen was notified by Al Hero that the Society would not go forward with the beta test of Reviewer Central.

3. Shih-Fu Chang moved, seconded by Alle-Jan van der Veen, to approve the

Motions/Action/Information Items of the 17 September 2007 Publications Board meeting, San Antonio, TX. The motion passed unanimously.

4. Van der Veen moved, seconded by Ostendorf, to approve the page budget of 5,068 pages

for 2009 for the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. The motion passed unanimously. Vice President-Finance Petar Djuric will bring forward the 2009 page budget for the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing to the Board of Governors for final approval.

Publications Board Action Items

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5. Bouman moved, seconded by Ostendorf, to approve the page budget of 2,760 pages for 2009 for the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. The motion passed unanimously. Djuric will bring forward the 2009 page budget for the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing to the Board of Governors for final approval.

6. Ostendorf reported that, due to issues with Manuscript Central, she did not have accurate

numbers to calculate a proposed page budget for the IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing for 2009. The Publications Board agreed to allow Ostendorf to obtain more accurate information from the staff publications office and circulate the page budget number via e-mail. The proposed 2009 page budget for the IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing will be conducted by e-ballot.

7. Gershman moved, seconded by Ostendorf, to approve the page budget of 960 pages for

2009 for the IEEE Signal Processing Letters. The motion passed unanimously. Djuric will bring forward the 2009 page budget for the IEEE Signal Processing Letters to the Board of Governors for final approval.

8. Moulin moved, seconded by Ostendorf, to approve the page budget of 1,050 pages for

2009 for the IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. The motion passed unanimously. Djuric will bring forward the 2009 page budget for the IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security to the Board of Governors for final approval.

9. Swindlehurst moved, seconded by Ostendorf, to approve the page budget of 1,200 pages

for 2009 for the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing. The motion passed unanimously. Djuric will bring forward the 2009 page budget for the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing to the Board of Governors for final approval.

10. Chang moved, seconded by Ostendorf, to approve the page budget of 864 pages for 2009

for the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine. The motion passed unanimously. Djuric will bring forward the 2009 page budget for the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine to the Board of Governors for final approval.

11. Djuric moved, seconded by Ostendorf, to approve six special issues for the IEEE Journal of

Selected Topics in Signal Processing, as follows: Signal Processing for Astronomical and Space Research Applications; fMRI Analysis for Human Brain Mapping; Digital Image Processing Techniques for Oncology; Visual Media Quality Assessment; DSP Techniques for RF/Analog Circuit Impairments; and Advanced Signal Processing for GNSS and Robust Navigation. The motion passed unanimously.

15. Ostendorf moved, seconded by Chang, to approve the Special Issue: Signal Models and

Representations of Music and Environmental Sounds, to appear in the September 2009 issue of the IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing. The motion passed unanimously.



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16. Ostendorf moved, seconded by Moulin, to approve the Special Issue: Voice Transformation, to appear in the January 2010 issue of the IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing. The motion passed unanimously.

17. Ostendorf moved, seconded by Djuric, to approve the Special Issue: Processing

Morphologically Rich Languages, to appear in the IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing. The motion passed unanimously.

18. Chang reported that the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine editorial calendar was approved

by the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine Editorial Board. The editorial calendar reflected five special issues for 2008 and three special issues for 2009. The Executive Director noted that a 3-year editorial calendar needs to be created to assist with advertising. Moulin moved, seconded by Ostendorf, to approve the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine editorial calendar for 2008. The motion passed unanimously.

19. Chang reported that a special issue on Digital Forensics is scheduled for the March 2009

issue of the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine. The IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine is simulataneously publishing a special issue on digital forensics to also appear in March 2009. Chang moved, seconded by Ostendorf, to approve sending hardopies of the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine Special Issue on Digital Forensics March 2009 issue to the IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine subscribers. The motion passed unanimously.

20. Bouman moved, seconded by van der Veen, that for all IEEE Signal Processing Society

journal publications, the proposed statement listed in sections 3.1 and 3.2., as amended, shall replace the corresponding existing statements in the Information for Authors and in the Guide for Associate Editors as listed in appendixes A.1 and A.2 in the agenda book. The motion passed unanimously. The Executive Office will implement the updates to both the Information for Authors and Guide for Associate Editors.

21. Bouman moved, seconded by van der Veen, that the IEEE Signal Processing Society

Publications Board recommends to the IEEE Signal Processing Society Board of Governors to adopt a new item 6.1.4 Procedures for Investigation of Author Misconduct in the IEEE Signal Processing Society’s Policy and Procedures Manual as proposed in Section 3.3 in the agenda book. The motion passed unanimously. The Senior Manager, Operations, will bring forward the recommendation to the Board of Governors at their Fall meeting.

22. Mercy Kowalczyk, Executive Director, thanked Bouman and van der Veen for their hard

work in updating the Information for Authors, and especially for their work on author misconduct policy. The Board showed their appreciation by acclamation.

23. Chang moved, seconded by Ostendorf, that when authors plagiarize work published by the

Society, whether in its periodicals or conference publications, the Society volunteer leader who is the nominal “publisher” of the periodical or conference publication will contact the publisher of the offending paper to request an investigation of the offense in a specified



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period. If the publisher of the offending paper does not undertake an investigation, or does not respond timely to the request, then the relevant society leader will undertake an investigation on behalf of the Society and will recommend a sanction to the Society’s publication board, if appropriate. In any event, the Society may take action, and also report the outcome of the Society’s decision to IEEE for the sanctioned author list. The motion passed unanimously.

24. Van der Veen moved, seconded by Ostendorf, to add the paragraph entitled, “Multimedia

Materials” noted in the agenda book, to the Information for Authors. The motion passed unanimously. The Executive Office will update the Information for Authors document.

25. Gershman moved, seconded by Ostendorf, to approve changes, as amended, to the

Information for Authors regarding e-publication of the IEEE Signal Processing Letters. The motion passed unanimously.

26. Gershman moved, seconded by Ostendorf, to approve the changes/additions to the EDICS

of the IEEE Signal Processing Letters. The motion passed unanimously. 27. The Publications Board discussed verbage that should be included in the Ethical Guidelines

for reviewers and many ideas were brought forth. Liu requested that a committee be formed to create the ethical guidelines for reviewers. The committee will comprise: van der Veen (Chair), Sheila Hemami, Ostendorf, and Bouman.

28. The Publications Board discussed the need to provide associate editor training because of

the important role the associate editors play in bringing the Society’s journals to the world. Some ideas that were discussed were: to appoint more senior associate editors; provide associate editor training during the ICASSP/ICIP Conferences; use role-playing and other situational exercises. The Publications Board agreed to create an on-line training tutorial for associate editors that are appointed throughout the year. Liu empaneled a working group that will provide the content for the on-line training tutorial, comprising: Hemami (Chair), Liu, Swindlehurst, and Athina Petropulu.

29. Kowalczyk reported on the Society’s 5-Year Publication Review and noted that there is a

new form with essay questions. Feedback from prior reviews by the Review Committee was (a) the Editors-in-Chief must complete the review form; and (b) attendance by the Editors-in-Chief at the review is highly desired. The 5-year Publications Review is scheduled for February 2009 in Puerto Rico. Travel support will be provided to the Vice President and Editors-in-Chief to attend the review meeting. The Board discussed the review timeline and noted that the deadline to receive the initial draft reports from the Editors-in-Chief is 30 June 2008 and the final draft reports will be due 31 August and will be reviewed at the next Publications Board meeting at ICIP in San Diego, CA.

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types of Open Access which are: Green Open Access, which is described as archives/repository (papers not reviewed) and Gold Open Access, which is described as journals giving free access to their papers. The IEEE has no policy on open access, just a position.

31. Van der Veen will collect the issues the Associate Editors are having with Manuscript

Central V4.0 and will communicate the issues to IEEE Publications Managing Director, Fran Zappulla.

32. Ostendorf will create a Wiki to post questions and answers regarding Manuscript Central

V4.0 for Associate Editors. 33. The IEEE Signal Processing Society Representatives and Editors-in-Chief delivered status

reports on their journals. 34. The Publications Board discussed moving the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal

Processing to Manuscript Central V4.0. Discussion centered on Manuscript Central V4.0 not being able to handle special issues and what might be done. Liu requested that a committee be formed to look at the problems Manuscript Central V4.0 is having with special issues. The committee comprises: Swindlehurst, Chang, and Li Deng.

35. Ostendorf reported on a public relations idea called Signal Processing “Rock Stars”

Seminar Series, which would be a series of speakers providing lecturers at various universities around the world. The lectures would be broadcast via webcast and could be put on Xplore. The speakers would be mostly from industry and the lecturers would focus on a freshman/sophomore level. The Publications Board conducted a straw poll to see if there was support for the proposed “Rock Star” seminar series. The straw poll was positive. Ostendorf was requested to provide a full business proposal and financial model to the Executive Committee at their next meeting in October 2008. Ostendorf, Hemami, and Petropulu will work with Kowalczyk to prepare a budget for the “Rock Stars” Seminar Series.

36. Moulin reported that he will transmit a proposal via e-mail for a special issue to appear in

2009 for the IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 37. Hemami will visit the Operations Center in Piscataway, NJ on 21 April 2008. 38. An Editor-in-Chief Orientation is scheduled to take place at the Operations Center in

Piscataway, NJ in November 2008 before the TAB Series. 39. Zhi Ding reported on the status of the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications and

noted that there is currently a 1.5-year queue. The Publications Board requested the Executive Director to convey the Society’s wish to flush the queue of the IEEE



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Transactions on Wireless Communications and willingness to meet 25% of any expense related to this queue release.

40. The next Publications Board meeting will be held in October 2008 in San Diego, CA, in

conjunction with ICIP. 41. The meeting adjourned without objection at 12:05 AM.